The Four Big Agile Don’ts

According to the father of the Toyota Production System, Taiichi Ohno, there are four major concepts organizations are getting wrong when it comes to Agile. Don't Be Agile When most organizations think of agile, they think of automation which leads to a reduction in their work force. It is common...Read More >

An Agile Tale…

Once Upon a Time... ...there were business leaders all over the world who thought they understood Agile. Alas, they were wrong. They were convinced Agile was the solution to all the woes of their kingdom, or company, as it were. Alas, they were wrong about that, too. And they truly believed they...Read More >

There is No Spoon…the truth about Waterfall and Agile

Have you seen the Matrix movies? Specifically, that scene where Keanu Reeves is told “there is no spoon” and suddenly the world he thought was reality is revealed to be just a construct of the Matrix? I want to give you a moment like that. See, as a newer Project Manager, I’ve been trained...Read More >

Not Your Father’s Project Management

“Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown (. . .) The times they are a changin’”  - Bob Dylan Those lyrics may have been written in 1964, but they are just as true now as they were then. Between the relentless forward march of technology and...Read More >