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PMI-ACP Prep Workshop
I am very excited to announce that I will begin offering my own 3-day PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner Certification Prep workshop, beginning September 26-28. The workshop will be offered at the...
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Big Jump in PMPs
It’s been a few months since I reported on PMI numbers. But, when I got my copy of PMI Today, I couldn’t help but post about it. Though PMI only added 5,956 new members in the month of July, it...
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AgileScout Discount Code
As I’m ramping up my training offerings through LitheSpeed, I realized I would face the same marketing challenges that plagued my start-up back in the 90′s. What’s the difference between now and then?...
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Jazz Hands at the Daily Standup
While doing an Agile assessment in Des Moines, Iowa, we noticed a team would periodically do “jazz hands”. When we asked the ScrumMaster (Iteration Manager) what was going on, she said others within...
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When a Standard is a Distraction
I stopped off to get some gas and found myself spending way too much time analyzing the user interface, trying to figure out how to pump my gas. I don’t want to sound so negative but gas pumps rank...
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The Gemba Walk
As part of a recent engagement, Bob Payne and I went to assess and coach a group of Agile teams out in Iowa. Each morning, we would arrive before the daily stand-ups. Each morning we walked around,...
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Write the same but different words
It’s all in how you say it. Or, in the case of this video, how you write it. In less than 2 minutes, this video will send a powerful message. It’s about writing from perspective. After watching it, I...
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Looking for Lean in Inefficient Processes
This morning, I wrote a physical check and placed it into a physical envelope. I hand-wrote the addresses on the envelope and even put a physical stamp on it. I will mail it, when I take my semiweekly...
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When PMI Introduced the Elephant – Part 1
Last October I entered the Gaylord National with a little trepidation. The PMI North American Congress was taking place and I found out that several people I admire in the Agile space were going to be...
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When PMI Introduced the Elephant – Part 2
In just a few weeks, I will be speaking at an upcoming (sold out) Agile conference here in Washington D.C. It’s unfortunate that I had to decide between going to the PMI North American Congress and...
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When PMI Introduced the Elephant – Part 3
This post concludes my 3 part series about when PMI Introduced the Elephant in the Room. It’s the basis of my talk at AgileDC on October 26. The elephant I am referring to is the mainstream adoption...
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PMI-ACP Learning is Fun
This week I debuted my PMI-ACP class to the Washington DC/Baltimore area. Being this was the first time I was offering this class, I had a little trepidation. Would my students take to my teaching...
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My AgileDC 2011 Session
AgileDC has come and gone but not without sharing memories with old friends and new. It was great to meet Rory McCorkle of PMI, Howard Sublett of Big Visible, and countless others. Peter Saddington...
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My PMI-ACP Exam Experience
Because I wanted to ensure people taking my class were learning things that are actually on the PMI-ACP exam, I thought it necessary to actually take the test. Sure, I was an independent reviewer of...
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The Future of Agile & PMI
During my session at the AgileDC conference, I talked about the past, present, and future of Agile. I drew a parallel between the adoption curve of Agile and Geoffrey Moore’s adoption curve of...
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Protective Collaboration
I was recently asked my opinion about collaboration within an organization. Being I just completed an organizational assessment for a client, I have a fresh perspective of the topic. I was...
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PMI Agile CoP Strategic Planning Day 1
The first full day of the PMI Agile Community of Practice strategic planning session just wrapped up. It’s been an amazing day. We discussed how we could help Project Management Practitioners, PMI...
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PMI Agile CoP Strategic Planning Team Wrap-up
Before we went our separate ways, the PMI Agile CoP Strategic Planning team did a retrospective (not depicted in the image enclosed). I had a few key comments. First, as a positive, I felt like I...
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My Personal Kanban Birthday gift
I would like to publicly thank everyone who sent me birthday wishes. Gotta love Facebook, Google+ and all of the other places that broadcast your birthday to the world. It’s actually pretty cool to...
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PMI-ACP Numbers
As we get closer to the announcement of how many people passed the v1.0 version of the PMI-ACP exam, I want to congratulate everyone who participated in the process. Regardless of how you did, you’re...
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