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Summary for a Project’s Boundaries: Drivers, Constraints, & Floats
In my experience, too many projects are under too much pressure. The sponsors want all of the features, completed in…
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Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Owner?
I spoke with a project manager recently. She told me her story. I used to facilitate project teams as a…
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Create Feedback Loops (Agile Approaches) for Hardware Products
In Costs of an Agile Approach for Hardware Products, I suggested that an iteration-based approach for hardware was too expensive.…
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Costs of an Agile Approach for Hardware Products
I had a conversation with a hardware engineer whose organization got the mandate, “Go agile or bust!” They’re attempting to…
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The Creation Experience Does Not Mirror a User’s Product Experience
I wrote about how I felt about milestones after achieving a significant milestone last week (How Do You Feel When…
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Component Teams Create Coupling in Products and Organizations
Many of my clients feel stuck with their component teams. They feel they must implement across the architecture, not through it.…
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Does Your Team Need Minimum WIP Limits?
I spoke with an agile coach whose team works in flow, similar to this board. They don’t use iterations—they plan…
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Agile Approaches Can’t Save Impossible Projects: Fixed Cost, Scope, Date
You’ve got an impossible project. You have no flexibility. The project is a fixed-price, fixed-scope, fixed-date project. And, you have a…
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Consider Product Options with Minimum Outcomes
Do you have trouble fitting “all” of the necessary work into an iteration? Your managers might want to push you…
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