In agile project management, the roadmap is the guiding document that provides the overall project plan. It is not equivalent to a traditional project schedule (gantt chart) because it is not a carved-in-stone plan whose exact execution is directly linked to project success. Because priorities change, the product roadmap is updated throughout the project, and this … [Read more...]
The 12 Agile Principles, which were developed at the same time as the Agile Manifesto, provide a little bit more detail from the Agile founders relating to vision and implementation of the Agile project management methodology. In the 12 Principles, the founders expand on the four points in the Manifesto and provide a more detailed working explanation. The Agile … [Read more...]
In project management, efficiency is everything. Projects that run like well oiled machines create high quality products and delighted stakeholders, especially the product owner. Fortunately, the Agile roles and responsibilities make it easy to create just such a project. But let's get some semantics out of the way first. Agile does not have roles as such. It is … [Read more...]
The agile project management revolution has transformed project management. Instead of the fully planned and predictive methods of the past, the world now recognizes that an iterative, cyclical process is significantly faster and cheaper, even if you can't promise everything up front. The origins of this revolution trace back to the creation of the Agile … [Read more...]
Since the beginning of civilization, sprinting has been one of man's most prominent pursuits. Being the fastest runner is an accomplishment worthy of praise and admiration. This ultimate form of achievement has many parallels to project management, where progress and pursuit of an end goal is a daily focus. The sprint is the basic building block of scrum, a … [Read more...]
Scrum has ushered in a revolution in project management. Although the revolution is most often attributed to agile, the Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles do not specify the day to day processes and methods to be used to implement Agile. That's the job of scrum, and as the most popular Agile framework, it's safe to say that Scrum deserves most of the … [Read more...]
In case you haven't noticed, agile is the new buzzword in project management. That's because it speeds up project completion times, increases customer satisfaction, and decreases project costs. Agile started in software development but it's spreading to other industries. It's truly the new way to do project management. But what is all the rage … [Read more...]
A project manager must deal with many different issues on a daily basis, for example, The project deadlines are firm but the resources are occupied. The deadlines have been tightened but the quality must stay the same. The customer wants a higher quality product at the same price. In order to balance these often competing objectives, the Project Management … [Read more...]
Project risk management is what separates good project managers from great ones. Even when everything has been planned and executed to perfection, an unexpected event can cause considerable duress on the project stakeholders and even cause the project to be considered a failure. Risk management is a three step process: Risk Identification Risk … [Read more...]
Because you can't see its results in a direct way, project risk analysis is too often sacrificed by project managers in the name of time or budget constraints. Compounding the problem is that small projects just don't seem to have the time and budget to justify the time spent on risk management. But I would argue that if risk management is a priority on … [Read more...]
