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How Agile and Lean Help Business

I was reading a nice little eBook on Opportunities and Challenges with Agile Portfolio Management. Here’s the part that caught my attention: “In her report, Visitacion suggests organizations adopt Lean to drive their portfolios and Agile to drive their activities. ‘Lean supports the disciplines necessary to select high-value, high-need investments, while Agile provides the path …

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Agile Methodology in Microsoft patterns & practices

“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” — Vincent Van Gogh I find myself mentoring on Agile practices and Agile methodology on a regular basis.  More and more teams are needing to stay connected with customers, respond to change, and flow value along the …

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The Art of the Agile Retrospective

I’ve been asked to do a lot of Agile retrospectives around Microsoft over the years.  I don’t know how it started, but it started several years ago when somebody recommended that I lead a retrospective for their team, and then it caught fire from there.   In this post, I’ll share a simple recipe you can …

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Roles on Agile Teams

You can think of a role as a group of related tasks, activities, and responsibilities.  By knowing the responsibilities and core types of activities up front, you can help make sure you have the right people on the team so that you can achieve project success in a healthy and sustainable way. Design, Development and …

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How Agile Skills Improve Job Security

In PM Network magazine, Jesse Fewell wrote a great article on Agile Downsizing? Why Agile Skills Improve a Project Manager’s Job Security. Here are a few highlights: “Agile wasn’t designed to improve the bottom line like that, but it’s a misconception that has some project managers worrying whether a move to ‘self-organizing’ teams would make …

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