Friday, May 16, 2008 12:36:11 PM EDT Dave Prior http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/ Drunken Boxing for Project Managers "The main feature of the drunkard boxing is to hide combative hits in drunkard-like, unsteady movements and actions so as to confuse the opponent. The secret of this style of boxing is maintaining a clear mind while giving a drunken appearance." Yeah... just like that... but with network diagrams and burndown charts... and a wee bit less vodka. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/892/ 05/10/2008 While I was at the Scrum Gathering a few weeks ago I had the good fortune to attend a presentation by the guys from Big Visible. George Schlitz and Giore Morein gave a presentation about their approach to analyzing and mapping the ScrumMaster's relationship to project team members and stakeholders. ... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/887/ 05/07/2008 The Scrum Alliance has posted a transcript of my interview with Mike Cohn from the Scrum Gathering in Chicago.http://www.scrumalliance.org/ http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/884/ 05/06/2008 A few months ago the ITT SIG started working on a project with an Oklahoma based non-profit called Heartline. Heartline provides a number of care services in Oklahoma, including a 211 line, a 24/7 Careline, a Gatekeeper program for vulnerable older residents and a suicide prevention hotline. The ITT... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/854/ 04/29/2008 Well, it has taken me about a week longer than I had hoped, but here is the podcast featuring the interview I shot with Mike Cohn a few weeks ago at the 2008 Scrum Gathering in Chicago. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Mike, he is one of the Founders of the Scrum Alliance. He current sits o... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/834/ 04/21/2008 For me, one of the signs of a really good convention is when I end up spending more time in the halls talking to people than I do in the actual sessions The Scrum Gathering in Chicago was no exception. Throughout the second and third days I found myself continually challenged by how the things I e... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/816/ 04/15/2008 Greetings from Chitown and the 2008 Chicago Scrum Gathering! My self-imposed mission here is to try and find a way to build a better bridge for IT PMs who've been raised on PMBOK and are now staring down the barrels of Agile. There are significant differences between the PMBOK and any Agile proce... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/813/ 04/14/2008 I'll be heading over to the Scrum Gathering in a little bit and I've got some decent interviews lined up for later today. I'll try to blog as the day progresses and will post video this evening. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/803/ 04/11/2008 When I first started working as a PM, back in the golden days of .com boomage, I was able to keep track of my work by making a list on a piece of 8.5 x11 paper that I folded into quarters. I spent 15 minutes updating it each day and congratulated myself for completing all my tasks. Since then the... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/764/ 04/01/2008 Video Interview with Iain Fraser (From the PMI Asia Pacific Global Congress in Sydney, Australia) I still have a few more to edit. They will be posted in the coming weeks.. or at least until I get to the Scrum Gathering and can start talking to the folks there. If you will be in attendance, let m... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Drunken-PM/749/ 03/25/2008 A few months ago I started noticing that on a number of the podcasts I listen to the word "So" began to get a lot more play. Specifically, people were using it as a lead into what they were going to say. It was different, not necessarily grammatically correct, but convenient and somewhat intriguing...