Introducing Agile concepts to a business environment plagued by traditional approaches (waterfall) can be a political nightmare. Here are a few short strategies to help alleviate the pain. 1. Don’t call it ‘Agile’. The word ‘Agile’ can come with bad connotations such as ‘corner cutting’ or ‘passing fad’, which makes companies skeptical about adopting the [...]
It is with much excitement that today we announce the launch of a free version of our Agile Project Tool, Bright Green Projects. The free version of Bright Green Projects is fully functional and will allow you to; Capture Requirements, Issues and Risks. Prioritize Requirements and Issues in a backlog. Build estimates. Plan Iterations and [...]
A few months ago we launched the Agile IT Performance Report – a free 8 page report based on 30 questions regarding how your team works together. We can’t take all the credit as we’ve had the help of a team of Academics and Teamwork Experts from Team Management Systems, who are world leaders in [...]
Up until very recently agile project management was seen as a great approach to software development……..for small projects. Even now, especially in the enterprise space (SAP, Siebel other EPR’s), agile is still seen by some as small-fry, a fun approach for building web sites. I was recently speaking with an old colleague from Deloitte, who [...]
A common fear about agile is that it makes the job of managing scope difficult for your project. This can be true, however, a golden rule of agile software development is that the scope of each iteration or sprint must be completely locked-down once it begins. This means no new requirements, no swapping of requirements [...]
Quite often we get asked by those new to agile project management what exactly an iteration or sprint is? The first thing is that a sprint and an iteration are essentially the same thing, a “sprint” is the term used by scrum, which is the most popular flavour of agile project management. You’ll find that [...]
Whether working on Agile, Scrum or Waterfall projects, it’s really important to remember that user stories and business requirements should only serve the purpose of reminding everyone on the team of conversations and a shared understanding. Many of us have been in the situation, especially when working on traditional waterfall projects where the requirements are [...]
Santa Claus and his team of hard working elves are the latest high profile team to adopt an Agile Approach. They are believed to be the first large scale team to do so, within the Arctic Circle. In a recent interview, Mr. Claus said “I’ve been working with this structured, heavily documented, big-bang approach for [...]
We’re in the Agile Project Management software business. Our Project Management Software is hosted in the cloud - so we make money by charging a monthly fee to our customers. Pretty traditional business model. Last month we decided to try something, its not a new idea, and many companies have done it before us. The [...]
It was 20 years ago this week that the Berlin Wall fell. The event symbolized massive change and hope for the future. It spelled an end to years of communist indoctrination, and offered a new way of thinking to millions of people. Watching the anniversary on TV got me thinking about things that are happening [...]