How Lean Is Your Backlog?
One of the core principles of Lean is to eliminate waste. For those of us working in Agile, it’s important …
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prioritization
The most convincing reason to change from waterfall to agile
Given virtually no one on product teams believes in waterfall – even those using waterfall (see my last post on …
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An unrepeatable success?
Back in the very old days (early 80’s), I was on a team (of 24, I think) that delivered a …
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Work smarter?
I just loved the latest grievance from my students (see Monday/Tuesday/Thursday posts). When being given more work than schedule to …
Breaking the Cycle of Micromanagement
Does this sound familiar? Project Manager: I thought I knew where we stood, but turns out we’re further behind than …
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Priorities
In a previous post long ago I urged setting priorities even though everything SEEMS to be #1. Why don’t people …
Choosing Between Your Heart, Your Lungs and Your Kidneys
One thing is for sure, there is always more to do on any project than there is time or money …
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