Pi versus Pie
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 …
Miscellaneous
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 were going to embrace many kinds of innovations! Not by choice, but by necessity! Well, as we all know, “Necessity …
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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 work and live. Are your project management skills ready for the challenge? Attend the virtual Mini-Conference hosted by Project Management …
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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 back, as a way to stay connected to their communities and their passion. It has been tricky for many volunteer …
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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 at fortune 500 corporations. I am PMI PMP and SAFe Agilist certified, with more than 100 hours of corporate Agile …
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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. What are the advantages? Multiple heads are better than one. For example, SVPM is developing its WordPress learning management system …
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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 project quickly? This article tells the story of how the Silicon Valley Project Management (SVPM) gives me the opportunity to …
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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 great to use for learning, innovation, and continuous improvements. It is important to know that metrics are team-based and should …
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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 have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” In …
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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 real world environment where I could put it to practice? “. Well, that wish has turned true with Silicon Valley …
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Utilizing Pair Programming as an SVPM Scrum Team Member
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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From Waterfall to Agile: Making the Process Match the Way People Really Work
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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Scrum Volunteer Experience with SVPM amid COVID
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 …
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Agile Product Lifecycle Management
Agility is a mindset manifesting in many forms and techniques, all aligned with incremental value add to what we are accustomed to doing/performing.
When you collaborate with a virtual team and keep it thriving
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 …
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My first professional network in the US was SVPM!
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 …
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PMI Silicon Valley Meeting of Feb. 7, 2020
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 …
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Agile Is Confusing! Really?
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 …
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What is happening on SVProjectManagement.com?
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 …
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