Scrum Project Management book reviews
By Shawn P. Quigley Needs and Motivation – Organization and the Individual In our article “Needs, wants, and motivation” we discussed the correlation between the needs of an organization and that of the individuals who comprise it. This would be an example of “The Macro fit” or job fit as commonly stated in the Human […]
by: Shawn P. Quigley and Jon M. Quigley Connection to Motivation We have previously discussed Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and touched on Herzberg’s motivators and hygiene. Now, let us take the two theories to the next level and apply them to the learning organization. If you are like me […]
Organizational Learning Differences for the Team and Management (Mental Models) By Shawn P. Quigley In a previous post, we discussed the five principles behind Organizational Learning (L.O.). In this post, we will discuss how the different levels of an organization view the principles and why these different views make it difficult to obtain a learning organization. […]
With Agile, Every Day is a Review Day The constant reviews of status of the project activities via daily Agile sprint meeting, provides the mechanism for the latest state of the project. This includes the scrum master and product owner apprised of the situation. I like the analogy of a pilot making course corrections. If […]
The following text is the Preface to Scrum Project Management written by Kim H Pries and Jon M Quigley and published by CRC Press from Boca Raton Florida published in 2011 Product development is becoming ever more complex. The pace of technological change is ever increasing, leaving little time to accumulate expertise before […]
Conventional Project The previous two blogs demonstrated a way to employ agile techniques. At the top level the project was executed as a conventional project. The project had gates, a steering committee and numerous schedule layers. The organizational structure is balanced matrix (for the most part). The organization is distributed both by function and geographic […]
As we execute the test cases, we will likely find failures. These failures or faults will be reported into a reporting system that will allow us to track the failure resolution. We can also use that here in our progress tracking sheet.
Agile Applied to Verification Agile practices can apply to more than just project management approach, or even only to agile projects. The techniques can help line management functions or used in subsections of projects that are otherwise conventionally developed and executed. In the next series of blog posts, we will show how these techniques used […]
What is the meaning of conflict and problem? Let us start our discussion today with a few definitions of the words “Conflict” and “Problem”. There are so many definitions and we needed a common starting point to allow for an informative discourse. Conflict is defined by Merriam-Webster as: “A struggle for power, property, etc., strong […]