I think they are great, as a guideline, but lay out a project plan in a Gantt chart over a 6 month period and then compare what you planned against what happened… I like them in small timeboxes, as guidelines, generalizations without fine levels of detail. Nothing beats a whiteboard when you are...

Okay, if you have read my other blog posts, particularly my post about developing a custom PM methodology, you know I am all about inputs and outputs. This is, obviously, for traceability. When you are running your status meetings, leave with a list of Action Items. Disseminate the list so people are...

MSF stresses the importance and value in iterative development and incremental delivery in Agile environments. Why? It’s a good question. With the advent of new tools and platforms, the Waterfall approach is not only old, but maybe silly. Still, the argument for an Agile process is not always an...

Hey there. This has nothing to do with PM or BA or IT, really. I just stumbled on an app that is cool, open source, and useful. I like to pass these things on. I especially like competition in the land of Open Source. You get some really cool ideas when people are doing something because they are excited...

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