Managing Projects with Agile Teams
What kind of benefits can Agile teams bring for their projects, and how can you introduce agile teams into an existing project management organization?
Becoming Agile and Lean
Update: Created a list of Agile Self Assessments tools. Everybody wants to be Agile and Lean nowadays. But it's not being, but becoming Agile and Lean that brings benefits. The journey, where you learn and improve continuously is more important then the destination.
Fixing Scope in Agile Projects
What if you manage an Agile project, and your project sponsor wants you to commit to a delivery date, budget, and a fixed scope?
Borgen van veranderingen, hoe doe je dat?
Een goede borging verankert een nieuwe werkwijze, en zorgt voor blijvend resultaat. Hoe beter de borging, hoe lastiger losmaken in de toekomst wordt als er veranderd moet worden. Hoe pak je dat dilemma aan?
What Drives Quality: Project Management
This article describes how Project Management drives quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
Not everything that can be counted, counts
Measurements can help you to manage and improve software development. An important issue when implementing measurements is to decide what should be measured?
Golden Rules for Agile Process Improvement
I've worked in a multi-site Process Improvement Team that defined and deployed "Golden Rules”, to understand the agile approach, and to work together in a smooth, efficient and positive way.
Lean Software Ontwikkeling: Introductie, en Verminderen van Verspillingen
Wat is Lean, en hoe kun je daarmee sneller software ontwikkelen, met hogere kwaliteit tegen lagere kosten? Een overzicht van de principes van Lean, en de toepassing met een praktijkervaring: Minder verspilling door het gebruik van Agile.
Business Reason for Root Cause Analysis
What is your most important Business Reason to do Root Cause Analysis for software development / maintenance? Please vote at http://linkd.in/nJchM8.
Getting business value out of Agile Retrospectives
Agile retrospectives are a great way to continuously improve your way of working. Getting actions out of a retrospective that are doable, and getting them done helps teams to learn and improve. An overview of things that you can use to get value out of your retrospectives.
What Drives Quality: Coding
This is already the 4th posting on “What Drives Quality”, focusing on coding. Previous posting covered the factors that drive requirements quality and that drive architecture and design quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
Hoera: We gaan veranderen! Maar hoe doe je dat?
Eindelijk is het dan zover. Na allerlei onderzoeken en rapporten, lobbyen, en vele vergaderingen is er een beslissing genomen dat we gaan veranderen. Er is steun en draagvlak in de organisatie voor de verandering, er is budget en er zijn mensen vrijgemaakt voor een veranderproject. Goed nieuws! Maar hoe pak je dat nu aan?