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Book Review: Scrum Insights for Practitioners by Hiren Doshi
The Scrum framework as described in Scrum Guide (available for free at ScrumGuides.org) by its creators Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland is apparently simple, lightweight and minimally prescriptive in terms of rules, people roles and artifacts. It is rather easy … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Product Management, Project Management, Scrum, Software Development, Software Engineering
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Book Review: The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald G. Reinertsen
Traditional product development approach does not work well in a complex, uncertain and volatile business environment. The tendency to increase the efficiency of each step in the development process by working with big batch sizes of work items (specifications, design, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Lean, Operations, Planning, Product Development, Project Management
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3 Pillars of a Retrospective
In my previous blog post, I made an appeal to treat retrospectives as sacrosanct and not to skip them. Here I will discuss the 3 Pillars of Retrospectives i.e. the critical success factors without which retrospectives will not be effective … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, People, Project Management, Retrospectives, Software Development
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Retrospectives are Sacrosanct ! Don’t Skip Them !
“Practice makes a man perfect“. “Persistence is the key to success“. “Through practice even an idiot can become wiser“. These are all great sayings ! Sadly they don’t hold good if you are practicing or persisting with a wrong thing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Project Management, Retrospectives, Software Development, Software Engineering
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Book Review: Beautiful Teams
Editors: Andrew Stellman & Jennifer Greene This book provides deep insights into what makes a good team tick, and what one can do to make a mediocre team better. The editors of this book are well experienced in software development … Continue reading
Book Review: Tools for Complex Projects
This book is based on the latest research in the areas of project management, complexity theory and systems thinking. The authors aim to provide a set of tools for understanding and managing the complex projects and programs. The first chapter … Continue reading
Book Review: Steering Project Success – What More is Possible ?
Author: Madhavan S. Rao Managing IT projects in an environment of rapidly changing customer requirements, uncertain business scenario and umpteen numbers of risks and vulnerabilities is a real challenge. More than 60 % projects are either highly challenged or are … Continue reading
Book Review: Agile Management for Software Engineering – Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results
Author: David J. Anderson A software product business like any other business exists for making profits. To make profits in a highly competitive and dynamically changing environment it must ensure a transparent and continuous flow of high quality customer -valued … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Lean, Metrics, Project Management, Software Engineering, Theory of Constraints (TOC)
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Book Review: The PMP Exam – How to Pass on Your First Try
Author: Andy Crowe Published: 2009 Publisher: Shroff Publishers and Distributors Paperback: 556 pages PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is perhaps one of the most sought after certification in the industry today. There are umpteen number of training programs and books … Continue reading
Book Review: Agile Estimating and Planning
Authors: Mike Cohn Published: 2005 Publisher: Prentice Hall Paperback: 368 pages This book is perhaps the most cited reference on estimation and planning by agilists. It is not just about “how to estimate and plan an Agile project”. … Continue reading