We have just had a huge re-organization in our company just last week!

People have been anxious and anxiety levels have been high all last month - at all levels.

I was part of the PMO team, that looked into a suite of products spread over 3 geographies (and time zones).

We like(d) to believe that we were following Scrum as the methodology to execute and orchestrate this complex Suite Release. But the fact is that we have changed the dates of the release at least 4 times…

One of the reasons many groups implement Kanban is to figure out how to deliver more consistently. Kanban, as well as many other methods/processes, is often chosen and implemented by the management or leadership layer and the values and goals are communicated down to developers or other individual contributors.

Part of the discussion between management and developers will focus on then end goal of streamlining cycle times as much as possible in order to deliver more consistently. This…

Hey delivery team, customer, project manager… what do you value? What I value has evolved over time. At one point I couldn’t have succinctly answered that question. Now it is crystal clear and seems like the pinnacle of common sense for a manager of a delivery team like me.

I value finishing work over starting work.

This simple realization has completely changed my viewpoint on how I approach nearly all aspects of my job. Now that I have had this…

Zum 39. Mal veranstaltet SwissICT das SCRUM Breakfast. Das SCRUM Breakfast ist ein kostenloses Treffen für alle, die sich zum Thema Software-Produktion, - Entwicklung und -Projektmanagement austauschen möchten. Ich habe mehrere Male teilgenommen, das letzte Mal im 2010. Ich war sehr überrascht, wie viele Personen heute teilnahmen, 30 oder…