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Back from Vacation
TweetYes, I’m back from vacation. I won’t go into great detail. I’ll save that for future posts. In short, I gathered up the family and took them to a resort in Florida. I got an opportunity to...
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Walt Disney Quote
Tweet As my family and I were walking through Disney World last week, we noticed a lot of construction going on. Come to find out, Fantasyland is getting a big face-lift. We could see what appeared...
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I Got a Feeling
I was sitting at my desk when this song by the Black Eyed Peas called “I got a feeling” came on Pandora. My son rushed over yelling to turn it up. I attribute turning up the volume to the resulting...
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Motivate Your Team
You should be looking for ways to motivate your team every single day. You could bring them donuts or bagels. You could give out monthly awards or public recognition. You could also give them a pep...
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P in your Network
I’ve recently been paying more attention to signs and indicators. Though Stop signs or Yield signs are a given, I’m talking signs that you find around homes (Welcome to our ool. Notice there is no “P”...
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Theme Park Pull System
If you’ve been to a theme park like Disney World’s Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, you will quickly notice the lines. Depending on the time of year (or day) the line to a ride or attraction could...
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Niko-Niko Calendar
While I was at the recent Agile Leadership Network (ALN) event earlier this month, Dave Nicolette presented a talk on metrics. I’ll admit, I’m fascinated by metrics. I remember working on the NIH...
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C-3P0 Timebox
My family and I recently went to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. My wife was extra excited because it was going to be “Star Wars” weekend at Hollywood Studios while we were...
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Transparency Allows Better Discovery
My friend and colleague Sameer Bendre and myself are currently serving as Co-Product Owners for the PMI Community of Practice (CoP) blog. Like any challenge I accept, I like to eat my own dog food....
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Organizing Around Teams
Several years ago, I was working with a client who was obsessed with keeping resources (in this case, people) 100 percent utilized. The client boasted that he had a strong matrixed organizational...
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Empirical or Definitive
Ever heard of the cone of uncertainty? The cone shows the historical error at certain time periods in a tropical cyclone forecast. What happens today and what has happened in the past is pretty much...
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Waste In Software Projects
This evening I attending the monthly Agile Leadership Network event. I noticed a very familiar slide on Waste In Software Projects. It looks familiar because I have it in my training deck as well! Yes,...
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Becoming a PMI R.E.P.
As you may know by now, I left my gig advising a Federal PMO to join LitheSpeed as a Senior Manager. LitheSpeed offers premium Agile software development training, coaching and management consulting...
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Free Sprint Planning Guide and Agenda
As part of an Agile assessment, I sat in on a sprint planning meeting. Though many out there are having sprint planning meetings at the beginning of every sprint, are they getting the most out of the...
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Getting on the Agile Coach List
Almost two months ago, I left my gig advising a Federal PMO to join LitheSpeed. LitheSpeed offers premium Scrum and Agile consulting, coaching, and training services. So, what do you do when you win...
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Speaking at AgileDC 2011
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at AgileDC 2011. My session, When PMI Introduced the Elephant in the Room, will be part of the Enterprise Agile track. Last October I entered the Gaylord...
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Agile Flashcards
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the signing of the The Manifesto for Agile Software Development and the upcoming launch of the PMI-ACPsm Agile certification, I have been working behind the...
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LeanKit Kanban
When the Agile Manifesto for Agile Software Development was written 10 years ago, it stated “We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.” The very first...
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Theory X vs. Theory Y
Do you lead or do you manage? Do you believe in command-and-control or do you believe in team empowerment? Recently, while presenting an Agile Enterprise Workshop, we discussed Theory X and Theory Y...
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PDCA and Emergency Preparedness
Some of you may have heard there was an earthquake and a hurricane that hit the Mid Atlantic this last week. I see both events as perfect learning opportunities. No, these are not learning...
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