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Agile Project Management
Agile approaches for delivering value in the face of volatility
Doug DeCarlo
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The Agile Key
- by Dr. David F. Rico, PMP, CSM
(January 16, 2012)
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At the heart of agile methods is the key tenet that teams and teamwork are better than individual contributions and effort. Here we explore the key factors and attributes of teams and teamwork for agile project management.
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Pinball Wizard
- by B. Michael Aucoin, D. Engr., PE, PMP
(December 12, 2011)
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On an agile project, to a certain degree we all operate as a famous rock opera character. We encounter situations that are unfamiliar and ambiguous, and we must overcome forces that defy control. We need a way to see through the fog and operate with mastery for our project decisions. An important tool for the agile master is to play by intuition.
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Channels
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Discussions
Not only do agile project teams need a virtual workspace for ongoing information sharing, they also need a place to talk about what's going on! Here's the place.
 Crashing the Timeline
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| Everybody seems to want it faster! Yes, but what have you done to crash a timeline without crashing the project?
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| Project Leadership
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| Great people don't always equal great teams. How have you succeeded in turning a group into a team?
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Deliverables
The Three-Sentence Project Skinny
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Evaluation Form
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Template
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The Three-Sentence Project Skinny is a concise summary of the purpose of the project. It addresses the what and the why.
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Project Ins and Outs
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Evaluation Form
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Template
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You can't do everything, nor should you. This template helps you figure out what is in and what is out of your project.
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Project Imperatives
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Evaluation Assessment Evaluation Form / Evaluation Form
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These are the do-or-die, must-meet requirements in order for the project to be considered a success. As such, they are continuously focused on by the project manager and core team.
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Risk Management Grid
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Evaluation Assessment
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Example
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The Risk Management Grid is a technique to identify potential risk events that could impact one of more of the project’s Seven Win Conditions. Importantly, it also serves to decide how those events will be prevented or mitigated.
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Articles
Why IT Needs to Get Agile Now
Talk of IT working more closely with the business is reaching a fever pitch following economic downturns and hype around technologies such as cloud computing. CA Technologies hosted a panel discussion exploring the realities IT leaders face in 2010 and how using emerging technologies could help efforts to add agility and innovation to their organizations. Brian Bell, General Manager of the Service Portfolio Management Customer Solution Unit at CA Technologies, participated on the panel and recently shared his take on the event and what IT leaders are thinking now.
Sunny with a Chance of Agility - Agile Predictions for 2011
What is your Agile weather report? Some have sunny Agile efforts ahead. Some are looking across the Agile landscape and into the clouds, some are looking to get introduced to agility, and others are considering strategies for Agile deployments. As we gaze in the horizon, what do we think will be hot in the Agile landscape and improve our working lives? What might be some of the latest shifts in the Agile industry in the upcoming year?
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Case Studies
Transforming Your Organization to Agile
This is the inside story of Salesforce.com's transformation from waterfall to Agile. This white paper tells the story of how, through the efforts of Salesforce.com and CA Technologies, Agile Development has come to the cloud, and why that matters to companies looking to take Agile beyond the pilot project stage into their broader organization.
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Demo
CA Agile Vision Enterprise Edition Demo
Find the perfect balance between agility and governance - watch this brief guided tour to learn how using a mix of Agile and traditional project management techniques provides full enterprise-level visibility into your projects. CA Agile Vision helps you deliver value to your customers faster.
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eBook
Agile for Dummies ebook
Come and explore the Agile Paradox. More and more companies are adopting Agile to increase the pace of innovation. Even Agile experts will benefit from Agile for Dummies as it offers a guided tour of Agile development with particular emphasis on the most popular of Agile methodologies — Scrum development. Get your complimentary copy of this eBook and share it with your whole team!
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Trial
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Register now and for 30 days you'll have full access to all the features and capabilities of CA Agile Vision. CA Agile Vision helps you deliver value to your customers faster by: 1. Helping your global teams track any Agile information with easy to configure forms and fields, 2. improving productivity by putting the most critical information at your fingertips, and 3. providing insight into Agile products through dashboards and reports that executives, customers and partners can easily access and understand.
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| "Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious and immature." |
| - Tom Robbins |
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