Herding Cats

Agile PM and Agile Software Development

Having some side conversations about the Agile PM / Agile SWDev topic. There's a book on my shelf at home (I'm out on assignment) about the "myth of the new." They (Harvard Profs) contend there is a proclivity to detach... Read more →

What does done look like?

The concept that defining "done" takes a Big Design Up Front, Water Fall, Plan Driven approach is a common red herring used by agilest. While a strong proponent of agile software development techniques, with direct experience with XP and Scrum,... Read more →

Is Agile Software Development the Same as Agile Project Management?

I had an epiphany today in the conversation on Agile Project Management. Agile Project Management is not about Project Management, it's about Agile Software development. Now software development an be part of a project. There are times, when the development... Read more →

It's slowly dawning on me

In a recent exchange on Agile Project Management, it has finally dawned on me that when the agile software development advocates speak of project management they are not actually speaking of project management. They are speaking of managing software development.... Read more →