This page contains the most recent articles from the Agile Project Management Academy.
Preparing for the PMI-ACP exam can be difficult. However, simply passing the exam should not be an end-in-itself. In my opinion, it’s important to develop a roadmap that goes beyond PMI-ACP certification and helps you develop the knowledge and skills to do a real-world Agile Project Management job is what’s important. If you do that, […]
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Understanding “what is systems thinking” is important to developing a deeper understanding of Agile. I’m an engineer at heart. I’ve been trained to analyze problems objectively and come up with well-thought-out solutions. That approach comes naturally to me; however, it is something that needs to be learned and reinforced. Why Is Systems Thinking Important? An
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I recently participated in a discussion on LinkedIn that was initiated by someone who suggested several possible roles for a Business Analyst in Agile/Scrum that didn’t seem consistent with Agile principles at all. I believe that modifying and extending Agile and Scrum may be necessary to fit the situation, but it has to be done
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I recently wrote an article on a “Business-centric Approach to Agile“. Have you ever thought about how similar Business Process Reengineering and Agile Transformation are? The similarities are amazing but I suspect that many people don’t think of any relationship between BPR and Agile. What Is Business Process Reengineering? Business Process Reengineering (BPR) was very
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A lot of people may think that it is inconsistent to impose cost and schedule constraints on an Agile project. It is difficult, but it definitely can be done – one of the areas where that becomes essential is Agile contracts. An Example of Agile Contracts For example, I once managed a large federal government
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How do you go about developing an Agile business strategy to make Agile work for your business? Many Agile coaching and consulting companies take what I would call a “developer-centric” approach to Agile: The effort is heavily focused on team-level capabilities and is primarily oriented around improving the development process There’s nothing wrong with that,
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How is Risk Management for Agile different? Most people think of a conventional approach to risk management built around a plan-driven approach to project management which heavily emphasizes risk avoidance I want to share my thoughts on a risk management approach for Agile project environments. This approach can also be used in a traditional plan-driven
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One of the biggest inherent advantages of an Agile approach is the management of uncertainty in Agile projects. To understand this better, we need to first understand the difference between: An Empirical Process Control Model and A Defined Process Control Model Empirical and Defined Process Models A key thing to understand in this context is
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Background I recently saw a question on a LinkedIn discussion group asking: What is an Agile PMO? There are many people in the Agile community who might say that there is no role for a PMO in an Agile/Lean environment and That the whole concept of a PMO is obsolete and inconsistent with Agile. That
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What’s the Impact of Fear of Failure? What’s the impact of fear of failure on a typical project? Many people have a high level of fear of failure and do everything possible to avoid it; however, an excessive fear of failure can stifle the creativity and innovation that is often needed to maximize the business
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