Lamentations of flaccid Scrum and a case for SINO
I’ve been updating myself on the activites in the Prince2 camp to update this project management framework. One thing that stuck is the lamentations about the large number of PINO projects. PINO is an acronym (actually an initialism) for Prince In Name Only. In the …
Metrics & Myths
At the Scrum Gathering in Orlando last week Pete Behrens facilitated an Open Space session on “Metrics and Myths”. We considered four categories of measurements: productivity, quality, predictability and value. In each we each contributed measurements that are either “metrics” or “myths”. We stuck them …
For my Brazilian friends!
The first ever Brazil Scrum Gathering will be hosted by the Scrum Alliance on May 12 & 13, 2009 at The Grand Hyatt Hotel, São Paulo. Featured Speakers include: Scrum co-founder Ken Schwaber, Scrum Alliance Managing Director Jim Cundiff, Alexandre Magno (Certified Scrum Trainer, Brazil) …
Scrum is a Change Management process!
Right now I’m sitting at the back of the class while my good friend André is conducting an introduction workshop on ITSM (IT Service Management) using the ITIL framework at a major retailer. He tells a story to illustrate the difference between incident management and …
Scrum and the Space Shuttle
I was fortunate to attend the Scrum gathering last week. It was held at the impressive Gaylord Palms resort in Kissimmee, Orlando. I arrived early and spent Sunday visiting Disney’s nearby Epcot theme park. Our evening cocktail party, hosted by the PMI, was interrupted to …
