The standup meeting is a hallmark of Agile. To recap, the standup meeting, sometimes called the “daily scrum,” is named so due to the attendees physically standing during the meeting. By its very nature, the standup meeting is intended to … Continued
Project
Restrospective Every Sprint
To prevent a project from getting overwhelming, project managers break down their tasks into specified intervals called “sprints”. (Alistair Cockburn recommends one month, others will say these sprints can be as short as two weeks). You reach these “mini-goals” one … Continued
Leadership defines the container for the team to work in
When you are a leader, you have to be in control. Remember that control does not mean micro-management, but it also does not mean sit back and let it handle itself. Your team needs to have the parameters defined for … Continued
Investment banking firm uses CollabNet Platform to give Agile processes a facelift
Recently, a large investment banking firm was handed down an order from it’s parent company requiring them to achieve CMMI Maturity Level 3 (details on what CMMI means here). For those of you who are new to PM, CMMI is … Continued
Scrum and Psychology collaborate nicely. Part 3 of 3.
This is the final installment of the guest blog submissions Jonathan Rabon has been writing for us. He is talking about the new process development he and Brian Rabon have been working on the past month. This past weekend I … Continued
Scrum and Psychology collaborate nicely. Part 2 of 3
Jonathan Rabon is guest posting for us this week and next week about the continuing progress of the process development he and Brian Rabon (President, Braintrust Consulting Group) are working on to integrate psychology into Scrum. Read on: It’s early … Continued
Scrum and Psychology collaborate nicely, so says our new process Part 1 of 3
The following article has been submitted by Jonathan Rabon, who is working with Braintrust Consulting Group to develop an entirely new process that strengthens the Scrum approach with psychology. Here’s part 1 of 3 of what he as to say: … Continued