Posts Tagged ‘Agile’
Agile Project Management Challenges and How to Deal with Them
Agile project management is a work methodology that has proven to bring effective and organized work habits in the workplace. However, all development teams face some challenges. Especially ones that are transition from non-Agile to Agile project management. During the process of adapting to new practices, you’ll most likely encounter common Agile project management challenges.…
Read MoreITIL® and the Rise of Agile, DevOps, and Lean: Integrating Best Practices to Make High Velocity IT Possible
Although ITIL continued to be adopted due to its proven IT practices implemented by many thousands of organizations through the mid-2000s, many organizations were looking for something more when it comes to service management. Why? To become high-performing IT that can help speed application development, operate more cost-effectively, and break down the silos between development…
Read MoreGetting Ready for The Last 4 Months
It is August, and for most Europeans, that means it is time to celebrate their vacation. A time to take a well-deserved break from business, school, or study. For me, it means time to prepare for what will be coming in the last months of the year. It will be September by the time everyone…
Read MoreUpdating The Library – ITIL® 4
As a member of the AXELOS Lead Architect Team where I am involved in the development of the new version of ITIL I want to share some information about the underlying reason for the update of ITIL (ITIL4), the current status of the development of ITIL4 and how the AXELOS team operates to create a…
Read MorePMO’s Journey with DevOps – Part II
We can probably all agree that time flies. Two years ago I wrote a post about the PMO’s future and guess what? That future is now. Two years ago I also advised choosing the right methodology like PRINCE2, Waterfall, Scrum, Agile and Kanban, depending on the requirements of the project. Fast forward two years and…
Read MoreDevOps, Formula 1 and the Lollipop Man: From 2 Minutes to 2 Seconds
Have you ever changed a tire on your car? How long did it take you? I’ll bet it took you at least 10 minutes. Just fifty years ago, it took a Formula 1 crew about 2 minutes to change 4 tires. Last year, Red Bull set a record for changing 4 tires, the crew did…
Read MoreAgile, TOGAF and Enterprise Architecture: Will They Blend?
Do you provide training or consulting around TOGAF, Agile, or Scrum? Then you’ve probably gotten questions like is enterprise architecture still relevant when we do Agile? and what is the role of an enterprise architect in an Agile organization?. Let me show you how you can blend various frameworks to increase your business and offer…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Portfolio Strategy for Your IT Training Business
I never considered myself as someone who would write about football. It is a sport that is completely out of my sphere of interest. At the same time, there is an interesting analogy between football and building the perfect portfolio for IT training organizations. A football team consists of a goalkeeper, a strong defense, midfielders,…
Read MoreLean IT Association (LITA) – Driving Change for a Global Standard for Lean IT Co-opetition
Cooperating for the Betterment of the Market For those of you familiar with Lean IT, you are probably aware of the fact that initiatives for education and certification for Lean IT have been fragmented with no universally established global standard. That all changed when six market leaders and co-competitors joined forces to provide an industry-standard…
Read MoreThe Importance of Rituals/Events in the Agile Methodology
In my last post, I discussed that understanding what Scrum means and that agile is not just ‘flexible’, but rather ‘quick and well-coordinated’, helps in my opinion, in putting it to practice effectively. In this article, I will dive deeper into the Agile rituals or events and why they are an integral aspect of the…
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