Tony Adams

APRIL 20, 2019

How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it approaches project management? Shenhar and Dvir (2007) pose an interesting argument about innovation in a project management context.

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Tony Adams

MAY 5, 2018

A new paradigm for commercial success is emerging, grounded in speed to market, innovative thinking and the ability to reimagine the customer experience. I want to use an innovative mindset to reimagine the way we deliver project change and ask why we keep getting this wrong. Something needs to change.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

creative, innovative, and imaginative) Agreeableness (i.e., As project management applications began producing favorable results, organizations recognized the benefits achievable by applying project management to other types of projects such as those requiring the execution of a business strategy, innovation, creativity, and R&D.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Concerns were voiced in the IT operations and software development sectors from 2007 to 2008 about the old software development paradigm that split operations from developers regarding how code was distributed and supported. The DevOps technique supports continuous innovation, agility, and scalability.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. While some have publication dates that may seem old, the principles in these books are immutable, even for agile projects. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006.

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Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

And we mustn’t forget that there are other widely used hashtags in the #PMOT community, like #Agile, #PMO, and #PMP. We make Agile teams become amazing, check out our free online masterclass: agilesumo.com. Chris’s Article at Online PM Courses: Why You can No longer Ignore Agile Methodologies. Developing Leaders.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Taking Out the Garbage – How to Get Good Risks into Your Risk Tool,” Vikki Parker, INCOSE Advanced Risk Management Seminar , November 9, 2007.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Risk Characteristic of Agile Project Management Methodologies and Responses to Them,” Wojciech Walczak and Dorota Kuchta, Operations Research and Decisions , No. 29 April 2010.

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nTask

MARCH 10, 2021

It took until 2007 for the Definition of Done (DoD) to be a widespread full-fledged practice. A common DoD also helps save time and allows resources to focus on innovation and execution rather than fretting over definition. Agile Manifesto: Your Go-To Guide to Understanding the Agile Values and Principles.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, before the pandemic, I visited an Agile conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the very end of it there was a panel discussion with some of the big names in the European Agile world. One of the panelists replied: ‘Why use something that claims to be agile, but is only updated once every 3 years or so’. Why indeed?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

In my previous post that was also cross posted on CloudAve, I brought up the topic of enterprise agility. My conclusion was: to be agile and adapt quickly to the ever-changing business environment, you need to be able to blend top-down control with bottom-up agility in a “Ying and Yang” style. Probably not.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. This corresponds with research on autonomous teams, as well as principles of Agile software development.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This is the motivation for short work intervals found in agile development. . Using the Agile Methodology to Mitigate the Risks of Highly Adaptive Projects,” Dana Roberson and Mary Anne Herndon, 10 th Annual CMMI Technology Conference And User Group , November 5 – 8, 2012, Denver, CO. The probability of something happening.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Agile Unplugged is your chance to explore LeadingAgile’s freshest ideas, mental models, frameworks, and solutions with the people that are actually doing the work of leading large-scale Agile Transformation, out in the field. So, I had never, I’d like heard of Agile, but like, I had no experience with Agile.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tim Runcie’s Agile Series Part 1 webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG training series, part one, Understanding and Incorporating Agile Project Management. It’s not all or nothing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Project management practitioners are looking for new lean and agile project management tools to support their day-to-day work and often seek them outside the tools that their organisations offer them. She teaches project management at University of Padova and has been a PMI volunteer since 2007.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

By the way, the pure conjecture that agile enables late changing requirements to not have a significant impact on the cost and schedule of the development project is completely lacking any testable evidence outside of personal anecdotes of agile advocates. Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2007. and Dutta, P., Alleman, G.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

If you’re also interested in Agile project management, pair the PMBOK with the PMI’s new Agile Practice Guide or our own Guide on How to Pick the Software Development Process that’s Right For you. Key lessons inside: Jeff Sutherland is one of the masters of Agile project management. Published date: 2007.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. 153, 2007 “Overspend? & Zein, S.,

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Review on Traditional and Agile Cost Estimation Success Factor in Software Development Project,” Zulkefli Mansor, Saadiah Yahya, Noor Habibah Hj Arshad, International Journal on New Computer Architectures and Their Applications (IJNCAA) 1(3): 942–952. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Without 7 trust and common purpose, organizational siloes continue to hinder collaboration, in turn having a negative impact on velocity, agility, efficiency, and resilience. Flourishing culture is the center and source of speed, agility, and resilience. Upper Saddle River: FT Press, 2007. The answer is we can. Stanton, Steven.

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

First, what works well for agile teams. When we read through this list anyone familiar with the agile mindset will likely see connections to agile and lean values. However, like agile adoption, just because organizations have known what they should be doing since the early 2000’s it does not mean they always behave that way.

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

First, what works well for agile teams. When we read through this list anyone familiar with the agile mindset will likely see connections to agile and lean values. However, like agile adoption, just because organizations have known what they should be doing since the early 2000’s it does not mean they always behave that way.

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