Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. SAFe is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is a range of options, from predictive to agile. Complex efforts where the cost of change is low may prefer agile. On agile projects, the product owner represents the customer. Acceptable variances, reporting cadence, and status meetings are addressed in the plan. Agile projects are fundamentally different.

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Project Management Essentials

AUGUST 3, 2019

Experienced agile coaches and practitioners develop a sixth-sense. They can quickly assess the health of an agile project or team just as doctors do with their patients. In my agile training and consulting practice, I have witnessed similar symptoms when an organization is struggling with its agile adoption.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 29, 2023

I don’t spend a bunch of time on LinkedIn, but the other day, I was scrolling around and happened to catch a thread where some folks in the Agile community were debating if SAFe was actually Agile. In short, it really comes down to what you mean by Agile and Agility. One of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An agile backlash is underway. Some organizations have declared victory, fired their agile staff, and moved on. Others are agile in name only or are “doing” agile but have not fundamentally changed the way they work. We should not blame Agile for bad Agile. Agile teams are empowered and collaborative.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Gerald is an IT project management consultant; but he also has two degrees in music and is an accomplished bass guitarist. Combining Jazz and Project Management WENDY GROUNDS: Can you tell us, just as an introduction, how you’ve combined your dual careers as a professional jazz musician and as a project management consultant?

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PM That Works

MAY 9, 2020

We also want to announce if you haven't had a chance to come join us at the pm tribe calm please do as for my project managers that are listening out there my agile lists that are listening out there. He's an independent management consultant. Why do you see it as an inevitable collapse of Agile? Don't mess with my sprint.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And that’s typically how I think about a lot of the talks that I give because everything in the agile communities about doing it and learning from it and sharing with people and getting feedback and figuring out how to do it better and that kind of stuff. What is an Agile Culture So, here’s the end of the talk.

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Project Management Hacks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Out of college with a BBA in information technology I started on a help desk providing 2nd and 3rd level support for Cadence, a Silicon Valley software company. An Agile approach wins every time in these situations due to its inherent flexibility and delivery focus. What is your background in project management and industry?

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

It doesn’t matter whether you’re working towards your PMP certification or simply managing projects casually in your organization, knowing core project management terms always helps. Agile: A project management methodology that focuses on delivering work in an iterative fashion. Project management terminology can be complicated.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can print or download your transcripts and certificates of completion, including the one for today. Kyle: Ben now runs his own consultancy called Applepark, providing project Project Online and Power BI implementation and training services. A lot of my consultancy is on Power BI. Ben Howard: So that’s me.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

Lean manufacturing influenced the quality movement, Agile , and DevOps. Multiple and ever-evolving agile practices contribute to that colorful tapestry. Its Project Management Body of Knowledge® ( PMBOK ®) Guide is an ANSI standard, and over a million people have earned their Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification.

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