In October 2014 I shared how I would start work on the second edition of Agile Project Management in easy steps. The last few months have been hectic, with my MBA studies, and... read more →
We've all heard the reports that tell us how multi-tasking is not effective, how context-switching causes us unrecoverable down-time. We know from this that we need to be more tightly focused... read more →
Are you attempting a large-scale transformation, taking your organisation on a journey to a leaner, fitter future so you can deliver delightful quality customer experiences responsively, seizing market opportunities or... read more →
Waterfall projects are more successful than agile projects. Wait! What? For a university paper I am currently writing, I revisited the 2013 Chaos Manifesto. This report marked a watershed moment... read more →
From October 2014, I have finally made the move from article writer and book contributor to becoming a fully-fledged author, working with John Carroll on the next edition of Agile Project Management... read more →
You know when someone pulls out the packs of planning poker cards that you're about to enter into a parallel universe where the normal rules of working life are temporarily... read more →
When we start out on a venture, of any kind, we hope things will run smoothly, we expect the 'happy path' / 'sunny day' scenario to be true. In designing our software, though, we know... read more →
What's the right time to ensure our products are free from defects? Is it before or after you launch, or some other time? I've written recently on the topic of how to handle... read more →
Did you ever play Jenga? It's a challenging game of dexterity, patience, and brinkmanship -- you start with a tower of blocks, 18 stories high, three blocks per story, then... read more →
In our role of delivering some form of business value to our organisations and customers; we invest the time for our highly-skilled designers, developers, analysts, architects, and testers to produce... read more →