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Brief comparison between MSP 5th edition and MSP 2011 edition

Henny Portman

To get a first understanding of the differences, I will look at principles, themes, processes, organization and products. Themes are collectively applied during the processes throughout the programme lifecycle. MSP 5 th edition contains one additional process. Two themes are more or less new.

2011 92
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Reasons to Adopt AgilePMĀ®

The IIL Blog

Addresses the Full Project Lifecycle (Beyond Product Development) For organizations delivering projects and programmes, and where existing formal project management processes already exist, the informality of many of the agile approaches is daunting and sometimes perceived as too risky.

2011 148
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The Must-Read Reading List for Project Communication and Collaboration

Rebelā€™s Guide to PM

Hereā€™s my Must-Read Reading List for some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Communicating Projects is a process driven book that fully explains the processes of communicating formally on projects. Shearouse: Amacom, 2011.

2013 292
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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper ā€œSCRUM Software Development Processā€ by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996). The Scrum Guideā€ by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2011, 2013, 2016, 2017). Controls, deliverables, artifacts.

2010 232
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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

Some find the process of creating them ā€œchildishā€ or ā€œa waste of timeā€. This effect has been observed with flight crews (Orasuna, 1990), nuclear plant control crews (Waller, Gupta & Giambatista, 2004), and work teams (Urban et. You can fast-track this process with good work agreements. And there is some truth to that.

2004 224
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Deciphering Goals

Scrum.org

Having urgency is a great motivator and starting point as shown in John Kotterā€™s 8-Steps process. . . Figure 5 The 8-Steps Process for Leading Change* * [link]. This process for change is mostly applicable for high level strategic goals like company vision and business strategy. Risks of absent or bad Goals.

2007 212
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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.ā€. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. Although we used Scrum teams for our investigation, these processes are generic enough to apply to Agile teams in general.

Agile 203