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#Agile Enterprise Data Model – #holistic and #iterative
I’ve recently been working on a Data Warehouse project that I am trying to do in an Agile way. Unlike Agile Software Development, Agile Data projects have some complexities that cause you to adapt the common Agile methods and practices. I am a big fan of User Story Mapping and creating a User Story Map … Continue reading
Top 10 practices for estimating Agile projects successfully
I’ve had multiple posts in the past that provided my passionate opinion on why I believe we should estimate Agile projects. (Both from the perspective of the client and the team) But rather than get into that discussion once again, I thought it would be more valuable if I shared the 10 practices that we … Continue reading
#Agile’s Sub-Optimal Value Stream
As I review proposals from people in the Agile community to push the boundaries of Agile, I believe that Agile is in danger of becoming more and more Sub-Optimal. Before I proceed, let me just review my definition of Optimal and Sub-Optimal Systems: “An Optimal system is a system where the optimization of the system … Continue reading
My #Agile #Pretotype experience
Two months ago I was introduced to the concept of Pretotyping. If I remember correctly, the introduction was through an excellent InfoQ article. The concept and practice intrigued me and I was able to apply it to a project I was working on recently. This is a recap of that experience in the hopes that … Continue reading
#Agile Product Management vs. #Agile Project Management
I think the time has come where the Agile proponents (myself included) need to be very clear on whether they are speaking from an Agile Product Management or Agile Project Management point of view. Some of the more controversial posts on Agile Practices seem to be aligned very well with Agile Product Management, but perhaps … Continue reading
#Innovation Games – Rapid Discovery Event
We had our second Innovation Game meeting earlier today and it was very interesting. This meeting was more of a standard application of Innovation Games unlike my previous two posts. It was a meeting that we at Protegra call a Rapid Discovery Event. A Rapid Discovery Event is a Discovery meeting with Innovation Games combined … Continue reading
#Strategy #Innovation Games – Recap
In my last post I described some customized Innovation games I was going to try in a Strategy Meeting. So I guess the obvious questions is how the games worked? Overall The games were met with a good level of skepticism and optimism. The group was about 20 people very familiar with different types of … Continue reading
#Strategy Innovation Games
I don’t know when I have been more excited to be facilitating two sessions in one week. The reason is that both sessions are using types of Innovation Games. Now both sessions are using some unique customizations of Innovation Games and I am very interested in seeing the results. The meetings are drastically different. One … Continue reading
Solution Driven Development
I’ve been reading and searching through the many different types of Agile methodologies for one approach that describes the Agile approach I believe to be the best. Although I found components in each methodology that I use, I could not find one approach that succinctly defined the approach I prefer. I was encouraged recently when I was … Continue reading
Agile Project Planning – 4 lightweight practices
How the heck Do you plan an Agile project? If you listen to some Agile proponents out there you might think that Agile projects do not have a planning phase. You may have heard the following: You shouldn’t create a plan as things will change and it will be wasted effort. You shouldn’t create estimates as … Continue reading
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