This page contains the most recent articles from the Agile Project Management Academy.
I think a lot of people are confused about “What is ‘Agile’” and the importance of Agile to project managers: The word “Agile” has many different connotations Many project managers think that it is something that only applies to software development and doesn’t apply to them at all. For more detail on that, here’s an […]
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Have you given any thought to “How to make a hybrid agile process work”? Some people claim that hybrid Agile projects don’t work at all. For example, I recently saw an article on LinkedIn entitled “Why Hybrid Agile-Waterfall Projects Fail” that caught my eye. I’m not surprised at this article: It takes some skill to
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How do you choose the right Agile approach for your business? Many people will say that you have to convert the entire company and it’s business to an Agile approach in order to make an Agile development process work. That might work for some companies but it isn’t necessarily a good solution for a lot of
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What does the Waterfall model really mean? Have you ever thought about that? The word “Waterfall” is often used in comparison to ‘Agile’ but do people know what they really mean when they compare ‘Agile’ to ‘Waterfall’? I think the word ‘Waterfall’ is one of the most loosely-used words in the English language (the word
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I recently responded to a question on an online discussion that asked “Are there companies that use Agile and Six Sigma?”. This raises an interesting question of “Are Agile and Six Sigma really complementary to each other?”. How would you go about blending the two approaches? Agile and Six Sigma – Potentially Conflicting Approaches There
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What’s the future of project management? Is project management obsolete? I don’t think that “project management” is obsolete. However, I do think that some traditional roles of a “Project Manager” are becoming obsolete in projects that require a more adaptive approach I also think that there’s a need to redefine what “project management” is if
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A number of people have asked questions related to improving team performance in an Agile environment. It takes some skill to do that – “How do you improve team performance in an Agile project? Improving Agile Team Performance How to Improve Team Performance It is very common for project managers to over-manage teams and I
“Servant Leadership” is a commonly-used term in an Agile environment. However, if you asked people what it means, I’m sure you would get a number of different responses. For that reason, I think it is worthwhile to discuss “What Is Servant Leadership?” What Is Servant Leadership? “Servant leadership” sounds like a manager who does nothing
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I recently created a significant training module on Agile Leadership. One of the key topics in that module is “Emotional Intelligence”. I’m sure some people are wondering “How do you develop and improve emotional intelligence?” I’d like to summarize some of that here. What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why Is It Important? What Is Emotional
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I just finished developing some online training on Agile Leadership and What’s Really Different About Agile Leadership? This article is a brief excerpt of that training. Leadership Stereotypes They’re are lots of stereotypes and myths in this area – here are a few of them: Project Managers only know how to do a “command-and-control” style
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