Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. If you are expecting the project oversight committee to make a decision at the meeting, make sure that they have information in advance of your meeting so that they can review the different options. Action review and next steps. Key decisions.

Government 403

Government Governance Risk Management Technical Review 403

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. How can the same principle be a good idea in 2002 and a bad idea in 2019? When I applied those principles in real-world situations, they worked remarkably well. What has changed?

Agile 116

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 116

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Software Development (#ASD). Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team 2003 42

Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

An unattended software delivery pipeline frees technical staff to spend more time on value-add activities rather than tediously performing repetitive tasks by hand, such as. Reviewing code by eyeballing it to ensure compliance with coding standards. Handling merges of code changes made by more than one person.

Software Review 77

Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 77