You may have noticed a new look and feel as well as updated content. David Bakhtnia (Sponsor) and Donald Stringari, (Product Owner) put the word out in January 2019 and recruited volunteers to form a Scrum project to update the …
As Marcus Lemonis (CNBC “The Profit“) says, “If you don’t know your numbers, you don’t know your business”. There are several cross-functional, quantitative problems that Program Managers are often called upon to address. Problems include management of sequence and schedule; …
Being an experienced Scrum Master and Product Owner I have found gamification during the time of COVID-19 is very important for your scrum teams to keep engaged. Isolation can be difficult and taking the extra step in creating an environment …
How can a set of simple values and principles work together to help project teams resolve unknown complexities, manage continuous change, mitigate risk and improve morale? That’s impossible! Or is it? To me, it depends on where you place your …
Scrum: How do You Reach the Transformation of Trust? Read More »
Phased and Agile development program methodologies can be used together effectively, meeting objectives of each, by managing synchronization between them and using continuous planning. Phased Development Sequence The system development programs I’ve Program Managed developed both hardware and software. The …
Discussions of Agile describe non-Agile methodology as the evil “Waterfall” – but that’s not how non-Agile-Methodology projects are really managed, or why. Would you like to broaden your skill portfolio and understand how it’s really done? I’m one of those …
As an SVPM Scrum Team member, I joined the group PBI (Product Backlog Item) to install, design, and develop a Learning Management System (LMS) plug-in for WordPress, during Sprint 8. The team decided to add another layer to the LMS …
Utilizing Pair Programming as an SVPM Scrum Team Member Read More »
Imagine that you must predict what you will be doing exactly 10 months from now. You must plan what work you will do, how long it will take and whether it depends on someone else’s work. It’s hard to do, …
From Waterfall to Agile: Making the Process Match the Way People Really Work Read More »
Over the last six months, COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives in one way or the other. In the US, millions COVID-19 cases have been identified, hundreds of thousands people have lost their lives, states and counties have placed …
Agility is a mindset manifesting in many forms and techniques, all aligned with incremental value add to what we are accustomed to doing/performing.
Being a volunteer with the SVPM team has been a superb involvement for me. My background is mostly in customer service and management in relation to the beauty industry. Also, working with a small consulting firm on various projects (ServiceNow …
When you collaborate with a virtual team and keep it thriving Read More »
I learned from interviewing for a consultant position in San Francisco, that the Agile Framework/Scrum methodology was an important skill to have. While I was proficient in Lean Six Sigma and understood the Agile framework well, I was eager to …
My first professional network in the US was SVPM! Read More »
Today we had our second annual breakfast meeting of PMI Silicon Valley chapter in Sunnyvale. A few of our attendees asked if we could capture and publish highlights of our conversation where our community members can browse our topics and …
A widespread desire to improve organizational performance may be sated by focusing on a key set of executive imperatives—necessary and high priority actions. Personal experiences reveal that an essential focus on creating excellence in people, processes, and the working environment …
Executive Imperatives: Necessary Ingredients to Improve Organizational Performance Read More »
So you were promoted as a project manager some years ago. You have also educated yourself on (PMI’s) golden triangle (scope-time-cost) of project management, and you have “successfully closed” your projects over the years. Now you hear a lot about …
Knowing when things are starting to go in the wrong direction is what separates a good PM from a great one. The keen eye you need to recognize a bad egg within your project comes with experience, yes, but there …
Do You Recognize The 5 Early Warning Signs of Project Failure? Read More »
Below is highlights of conversations of a group of senior technical and professional Project and Program Management leaders gathered together at September meeting of PMI-Silicon Valley chapter. – What new trends or tools are available for project managers? – How …
