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Thoughts on Scrum – Part 2

So in the last post I gave an overall description of Scrum. In this post I want to lay out more about the roles. Now, you can find this information anywhere. What I thought might be helpful is to give you my impressions as they compare to traditional or waterfall PM. Again, these are my thoughts not the Scrum Alliance’s per se. They seem to

Thoughts on Scrum – Part 3 (final)

So what to make of Scrum? Well, firstly let me comment on the Scrum Master test. Since my first post, I took the test and got certified. As someone who has been teaching PMP for 12 years, let me reiterate what I said in the first post: this test is pretty easy and nowhere near as grueling as the PMP. But I don’t believe it’s intended

ESI list of top ten PM trends

ESI International is a pretty well-respected leader in project management (and is in fact, where I got my PMP training lo those many years ago). This link is their take on top ten trends in project management. They also have a video on the same topic here. None of it is earth-shattering but probably worth checking out. Note what they say about

Sustainable project management – sometimes unplugged is a bad thing

From time to time we like to make you aware of other blogs of note. Our colleagues at Earth PM are all about sustainability. Today’s post is dedicated to them and their mission and is one of our favorite posts. Please take time to visit their site and check them out. In this case, unplugged is a BAD thing You’d think we would

Sustainable project management

I mentioned in my last post that I would be talking about schedules and confidence level of same. And I’m working on that. But in the meantime, I was talking to a colleague and friend of mine who hosts his own blog. In my opinion, he and his partner may have hit upon something that is not only invaluable to project management, but which