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The Agile Mindset
As I look back at the last year, I am amazed at how much has changed in my life. I left my position advising the Federal Government for something that aligned closer to what I felt inside my heart and...
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How to Claim PMP PDUs as a Non-PMI Member
How would I claim PDUs if I’m not a PMI member? This question keeps coming up in conversation. I offer the hypothetical situation where someone sees value in the new PMI-ACP certification but is...
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ALN Arin Sime and User Stories
A quick thank you to Arin Sime and the local Agile Leadership Network chapter for an excellent workshop. Tonight, Arin Sime of AgilityFeat facilitated a workshop on User Story splitting. What I felt...
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How to Help PMI Chapters & Members
After speaking with a few PMI Chapters, I see them (at least the ones I spoke to) suffering from one major issue. How to they grow their membership? Membership Because PMI has created an ecosystem...
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PMI-ACP Proficiency
I received a notification that I passed the PMI-ACP exam. But I was curious how well I did. I logged into the PMI website and viewed my Exam Report. It’s nice to know I am Proficient in both of the...
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PMI Agile CoP Transparency
Back in December, the PMI Agile Community of Practice (CoP) leadership agreed we’d take steps to provide some transparency into what we are doing. If you are curious about what we’re up to, I invite...
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How One Group used Agile, Lean, & Scrum for Social Good
Today I saw a link on Twitter that intrigued me. It was a video of WikiSpeed’s Joe Justice at TEDxRainier. Sure, the video is 10 minutes long. But, I guarantee it will leave you inspired. I get...
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The Dark Side of Agile Exams
This morning I read a very interesting post over at the AgileScout website titled Agile exams fact check. Peter Saddington (AgileScout) voiced his concerns about a PMI-ACP exam prep website called...
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Optimize the Whole
I know we talk about self-organized and empowered teams being at the heart of agile practices. But sometime I see that focus from individuals and teams going a little too far. Sometimes people forget...
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Respecting Team Diversity
I talk about team diversity in my training. With a world filled with individuals, we have to learn to respect the differences of others. If you don’t, I think you will live and work in a lot smaller...
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PMI Agile Contact Hours versus PMI-ACP PDUs
I get asked on a regular basis what the difference between a contact hour and a PDU is. When people come to my PMI-ACP exam prep class, they qualify to claim 21 Agile contact hours. If they currently...
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A Strategy for Code Reviews
I was coaching an organization the other day where they are trying to increase code quality. They believe they can accomplish this by increasing the frequency of code reviews. Currently, their solution...
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Ready and Done
When leading development teams, I see most of the wasted activities happen during the development phase. If work is not ready, before the team begins development, there can be delays waiting for...
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MVP for PMI Agile Exam Flashcards
With the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) exam celebrating its first month in the wild, I am sure you are already seeing a lot of study aids and prep courses being offered. Full disclosure, I do...
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Official PMI-ACP Numbers
The PMI-ACP pilot has concluded and the Agile Certified Practitioner certification is officially one month old. The numbers are in! Per PMI Today, January 2012 concluded with 542 PMI-ACPs. Not too...
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Agile Process Posters v2.0
I am happy to announce the collaboration with Pictofigo has resulted with a new Agile Process poster. The new process poster includes product backlogs, sprint backlogs, and user stories. We have these...
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Post-It Note T-Shirt Contest
The Idea It seems like every time I deal with a customer, I have a backpack of painters tape, Sharpies, and Post-It notes. When I was recently working with Pictofigo on the new Agile Process poster, I...
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Mieruka & Real World Examples
I just submitted my paper to be a speaker at the PMI Global Congress on the topic of Visual Management Systems (VMS). Some may know VMS as VCS (Visual Control Systems). According to Wikipedia,...
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Coke Freestyle VMS
My family and I went into a California Tortilla the other night to grab a quick dinner. Off to the side I notice a long line of people waiting to fill their soda cups. It used to be, when you went out...
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TDD – Tool Driven Development
In order to realize the greatest benefits in application development, it is recommended that you use good engineering practices. Those practices include continuous integration, paired programming and...
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