Scrum Is Dead. Long Live Scrum. [Part 1]

February 19, 2010

There has never been a shortage of criticism around the Scrum method for agile project management. However there has been a recent spike in the churn and swirl, and it’s time for some perspective. Specifically this:
The old understanding of the Scrum landscape is dead, and a newer more relevant [...]

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Come hear me speak at the 2010 Scrum Gathering

February 14, 2010

This year, the 2010 Scrum Gathering in Orlando is featuring a dedicated project management track called “When worlds collide – Scrum and traditional Project Management”. I’ve been invited to participate in two sessions:

“Agile Contracts for the Real World” – This will be a blitz talk in Pecha Kuca format (20 slides, 20 seconds each). The [...]

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Project Management as the Ultimate Calling

February 12, 2010

A couple weeks ago, the PMI Washington DC hosted a webinar by Agile practitioner Joe Luttrell. The talk was call “Project Management: The Ultimate Calling?”, and it blew me away. You can download the slides, but they don’t convey the full essence of his story.
What’s Happened Before
Take a look at these facts:
Granted, I [...]

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Scrum Certification for South Florida PMs

February 12, 2010

To those of you in the sunshine state, I will be teaching a Certified ScrumMaster class next month on behalf of the PMI South Florida Chapter.

I’m particularly excited about this session, because we’ll be tailoring the material specifically for every day project managers who have been trained in PMI circles. So, we’ll be covering [...]

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It’s Official. Agile Project Managers Earn More Money

January 20, 2010

Agile tool vendor, Version One released its “first annual Agile Salary survey” today on its website [PDF download]. The survey yielded some interesting results, that are worth mentioning here.

According to the survey, those North Americans aggressively using Agile techniques earn a premium of a 2.5% to 2.8% annually. The survey declines to speculate why this [...]

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