Posts Tagged ‘Scrum’
PMO’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 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 MoreAgile is Not Just Flexible!
I heard it just recently: we tried Agile, but people were all over the place and we totally lost control. Organizations with bureaucratic frustrations, caused by a misinterpretation of frameworks such as ITIL®, often assume total freedom based on another misconception: Agile is all about power to the professional, so we don’t need any process…
Read MoreHow Can Your ITSM ‘Ops’ Clients Use ASL to Improve Collaboration with ‘Dev’?
Long gone are the days that IT was run by men in white coats who had an all-round understanding of the whole IT domain. Whether it was hardware, system software or applications, development or operations, they knew their stuff. Even the business seemed to be within their domain, in the sense that the business entrusted…
Read MoreWhy Service Management Initiatives Get Stuck (Part 2 of 2)
Read Part 1 Power of Consequences Unwanted behavior can very well be explained and, once understood, brought under control. The key is that behavior always has behavioral consequences. People learn from consequences. Behavior that results in positive consequences for the performer (the person showing the behavior) is likely to be repeated. To put it technically—behavior…
Read MoreWhy Service Management Initiatives Get Stuck (Part 1 of 2)
Just about every professional IT service organization has adopted a best practice or a framework with the intention of structuring processes and professionalizing their way of working. The most popular choices are service management that uses ITIL® and project management that uses Agile and SCRUM. Usually, adopting and implementing them is a lengthy and costly…
Read MoreThe PMO’s Journey (and Its Future)
You may have noticed recent discussions about the Project Management Office (PMO). Should we keep it, change it or demolish it? In this fast-changing business environment, it’s difficult to stay alive, if you’re still holding on to a decision you made five years ago! We all know that establishing a PMO can help you regain…
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