What is a Story Point
This article is the third part of a series. The first article is on Agile Planning poker, the second is on User Stories, and this third article is focused on Story Points. Have you ever heard of “Le Grand K”?
This article is the third part of a series. The first article is on Agile Planning poker, the second is on User Stories, and this third article is focused on Story Points. Have you ever heard of “Le Grand K”?
Have you ever had so much work in front of you that you didn’t know where to start? For me this situation became a reality when I went off to college. On day one I received six syllabuses
We all know what poker is. A game of cards where a player uses secrecy and deception in an attempt to turn a game of luck into a game of skill. In this game, players are pitted against
For years I have told myself and others that there are two different types of software engineers. The ones who request and follow step by step instructions and the ones who prefer to be given a desired outcome
When polarizing, powerful ideas collide they ignite grand scale conflict. This is the cause of revolutions, the kindling for coups, the fodder for enlightenment. Polarizing ideas in a small group of family or friends can be ignored over
PMO stands for a Project Management Office and represents the group that helps get stuff done in large companies. Okay let’s be honest, we all know that getting work done is hindered by bureaucracy, meetings, handoffs, approval processes,
The Agile manifesto was originally created and signed by 17 developers. This group has become legendary in the world of technology, their fame can be likened to that of the founding fathers of American History. These 17 rebels
Since Scrum is a way to organize people in an agile way, and Kanban is a way to monitor work in an agile way, together they create a truly robust framework for getting work done. This merger of
So here’s a question. Let’s say you are working in an assembly line of some sort, what is your primary goal? a. To be as efficient as possible when items are passed to you so that you can
All leaders are Project Managers. From the CEO of a company, down to the manager. The job of a leader is to cast a vision for where a group is going, recruit the right people, and manage initiatives
We live in a world where businesses have been tossed back and forth between fads, frameworks, and trends for years. Reorganization is almost as common as the annual budgeting cycle, and change has become the only constant. Some
The simple answer is ‘yes… but’. The Agile methodology does work at scale and I would argue that it is the best way to keep organizational complexity from crippling throughput, BUT the framework you use to implement Agile principles