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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Miscellaneous
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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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