The importance of valuing the effort and work of people
I decided to choose this topic because during the first sprint here in asvpm I realized that the work and …
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Our Story at ASVPM & SVProjectManagement.com
For some time, I wanted to share the story of how we started the journey at ASVPM and where we …
Resilience and Transformative Lessons at the SVPM Village Playground
Learning through the experience of doing, adapting, and reflecting enables continuous improvement and resilience. Sounds easy yet how to do …
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Volunteering with Agile and Scaled-Value Project Management (ASVPM) in Agile
When I first started getting serious about Agile and scrum, I tried to understand what I would need to apply …
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My journey into the Agile world…
While resuming my techno-functional leadership career after a break, I found myself in an estranged pond of newly evolved methodologies and …
User stories and acceptance criteria
As part of SVPM team I got a better understanding of user stories, their purpose, their structure and benefits from …
Pi versus Pie
What happens when one more person wants a slice of that pie? The 8” pie plate cannot increase in size. …
The Pandemic which changed our directions…
When the COVID-19 Pandemic emerged on our Planet, during the first quarter of 2020, little did we know that we …
Future-Proof your Project Management Skills
“Managing Artificial Intelligence Projects” – Saturday March 27, 11:00 am PDT AI projects are shaping the future in how we …
Database Platforms for Program Management Logistics
I’ve released several new distributions of PowerOpI Tools, each focusing on a different Database platform: PowerQueryTool, SQLServerTool, and MSAccessTool. PowerQueryTool …
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Project Optimization and Agility
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.
SVPM Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 has pushed many into isolation, yet that has not deterred numerous people from finding ways to continue to give …
Why Did I Join the SVPM Team?
Yes, why did I join the Silicon Valley Project Management (SVPM)? I have years of experience leading software development teams …
Pairing with SVPM Team Members
What is pairing? It means that SVPM team members collaborate for the purpose of completing work within a given sprint. …
My Agile Experience with Silicon Valley Project Management
Have you ever been excited because you learned new skills but then struggled to put them to use on a …
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Velocity and Sprint Burndown Chart
Agile team leverages metrics as a reflection of how the scrum team delivers products through current Agile practices. Metrics are …
Pair Technique Encourages Collaboration
Introduction The essence of pairing can be found in Ecclesiastes 4:9 -12 NIV: “Two are better than one because they …
Learn Together with Creative Agile Masters at SVPM
Getting to Know SVPM Have you ever wondered after learning a new Project Management concept “I wish there was an …
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PowerQueryTool
In previous posts I’ve mentioned that I’ll make available a tool that implements the quantitative methodologies I’ve described. This tool …
Quantitative Management
As Marcus Lemonis (CNBC “The Profit“) says, “If you don’t know your numbers, you don’t know your business”. There are …