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Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice.

Social, Agile and Transformation

More and more teams and companies are considering agile processes, SCRUM, Extreme, or hybrids to either pilot new initiatives or to establish the practice. Strong business sponsorship is needed to uphold the process and insure the team gets the support it needs. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. about me. (33).

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Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Ive been asked lately about the role of project managers on agile or SCRUM teams. Some specifics: Scrum and agile are very team and inward facing. Project managers oversee the story writing process to insure proper governance and completion. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. Agile practices evolve.

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Measuring Costs in Agile Delivery - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

Measuring actual costs turns out to be an easier process assuming that you have a tool to manage the backlog and a scrum master running daily standups. Youll also need to have some basic governance and insure that >X% of the teams activity is captured as stories. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. about me. (33).

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How To Get a Team to Think Agile - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

The problem is, using agile process (scrum specifically) for planning, problem solving, developing a strategy, documenting an architecture requires some discipline and thinking a little differently. Insure that the team is aligned on what they are trying to accomplish. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. about me. (33).

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Business Responsibilities working with Agile Teams Part 2 - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

One good way to insure a smooth transition is to learn the process either through participation, taking a training class, and ideally applying agile/SCRUM as a business process. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. This white paper, Agile Terminology Explained is a good quick read. about me. (33). agile planning. (17).

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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Regardless of the nature of the projects and deliverables, or whether customers are internal or external to the organization, CTOs and now CIOs recognize they must provide continuous value if they are to stay relevant, says Phil Purdy, acting CTO of Australian-based IMRnext. People perceive it as the enemy of thoughtful planning.

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