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May 2007 - Posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:06 PM

What does it mean to be Agile?

There is a pretty lively debate going around agile circles. It started with a simple question ... what does it mean when people say a project is or is not Agile? My response is a simple one; Agile isn't something you are or something you do. Agile is
Posted by Stcohen | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:39 PM

All is forgiven on delivery

To my customers I beg your forgiveness. I know I am hard to deal with. I am demanding, unrelenting, and all too often I break most if not all of the rules as you knew them. But that's not really important. What is important is delivery. Getting out tools
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Monday, May 28, 2007 6:30 PM

Software Project Recovery is predictable

I often hear Agile and Project Recovery demeaned by those practicing more "formal" methodologies as unpredictable. Predictability is absolutely necessary to manage a project of any real size. Key indicators such as earned values cost and schedule variance
Posted by Stcohen | 1 Comments
Monday, May 28, 2007 12:14 PM

Is Recovery a dirty word?

I have a serious marketing problem. It seems Recovery for a project is a dirty word. You see, needing to recover a project implies the project has failed. No one really wants to admit they have failed... at least not on their project. We, as an industry,
Posted by Stcohen | 1 Comments
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