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 …
What happens when one more person wants a slice of that pie? The 8” pie plate cannot increase in size. When more people want a slice of the physical pie, each slice becomes smaller and smaller. Pi , on the …
When the COVID-19 Pandemic emerged on our Planet, during the first quarter of 2020, little did we know that we were going to embrace many kinds of innovations! Not by choice, but by necessity! Well, as we all know, “Necessity …
“Managing Artificial Intelligence Projects” – Saturday March 27, 11:00 am PDT AI projects are shaping the future in how we work and live. Are your project management skills ready for the challenge? Attend the virtual Mini-Conference hosted by Project Management …
I’ve released several new distributions of PowerOpI Tools, each focusing on a different Database platform: PowerQueryTool, SQLServerTool, and MSAccessTool. PowerQueryTool Demo was previously released. (“PowerOpI” is “Power Operational Intelligence”.) Each tool provides a Program Management Logistics demo scenario in Excel …
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Project and schedule optimization is collaborative activities with the leaders mindfulness to scope, time, and cost considerations, aligned with all stakeholders’ buy-in. Adding cross-functional human resources into the optimization formula makes our approach more challenging. In scheduling we aim to predict the completion of tasks in the future, considering many constraints, uncertainties, and risks. Project management employs many techniques and methods to estimate the scope of work and to optimize the process of deliverables!
This is a story in creation; a group of Agile-minded volunteer PPMs who get together to build an Agile PPMs publishing platform using a hybrid of Agile frameworks.
COVID-19 has pushed many into isolation, yet that has not deterred numerous people from finding ways to continue to give back, as a way to stay connected to their communities and their passion. It has been tricky for many volunteer …
Yes, why did I join the Silicon Valley Project Management (SVPM)? I have years of experience leading software development teams at fortune 500 corporations. I am PMI PMP and SAFe Agilist certified, with more than 100 hours of corporate Agile …
What is pairing? It means that SVPM team members collaborate for the purpose of completing work within a given sprint. What are the advantages? Multiple heads are better than one. For example, SVPM is developing its WordPress learning management system …
Have you ever been excited because you learned new skills but then struggled to put them to use on a project quickly? This article tells the story of how the Silicon Valley Project Management (SVPM) gives me the opportunity to …
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Agile team leverages metrics as a reflection of how the scrum team delivers products through current Agile practices. Metrics are great to use for learning, innovation, and continuous improvements. It is important to know that metrics are team-based and should …
Introduction The essence of pairing can be found in Ecclesiastes 4:9 -12 NIV: “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” In …
Getting to Know SVPM Have you ever wondered after learning a new Project Management concept “I wish there was an real world environment where I could put it to practice? “. Well, that wish has turned true with Silicon Valley …
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In previous posts I’ve mentioned that I’ll make available a tool that implements the quantitative methodologies I’ve described. This tool makes practical continuous quantitative planning, and execution to meet objectives, enabling agile-mindset management of complex projects.So here are the links. …
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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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