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Agile misconceptions. Just saying...
Over the many years of working with agile in general, and agile project management in particular, I have been surprised at the number of misconceptions that have become so prevalent that they more or less become facts. Albeit 'fake news'. Here are just a few statements that are true and are intended to correct those agile misconceptions.
An Eighties book still going strong!
As I was passing through the airport the other day, I noticed an old book was the No. 1 bestseller. It has helped me a lot on my agile journey. The main advice being about how to judge people.
Agile with a 'little a' or a 'big A'
I seemed to have kicked off quite an engaging post on LinkedIn regarding 'what is agile?' and I received a post from Larry Moore that I thought was quite interesting. Here is my reply to Larry.
So, what is ‘Being Agile’?
With so many people and organisations ‘going agile’, ‘doing agile’ and ‘being agile’, you would think that everyone in the agile community would have a very clear definition of what ‘being agile’ actually is. Well, I have been working in the agile arena for twenty years now – and I don’t think we have one! Take a look at this blog post and have a think about what your view is. Is it the same as everyone else?
The beauty of Prague, architecture and agile.
I had a thoroughloy enjoyable trip to Prague for a Project Manangement conference recently (www.pmkonference.cz). I was very impressed with the architecture of Prague, but it did lead me to think about how a more emergent or agile approach may have been better!
Is the AgilePM/DSDM ‘Structured Timebox’ just theoretical and not much use in practice?
In July this year, Brian Wernham, following a conversation he was involved in, posted the following question on LinkedIn: In AgilePM/DSDM, the DSDM ‘Structured Timebox’, increasingly feels like an ‘exam only’ practice. True or false? I thought that there was a lot more to this question than may have initially met the eye. Take a look at this blog, if you have always wondered about, how to use the 'structured' or 'IRC' timebox in DSDM.
The big flaw in the Fibonacci sequence - how much has it cost your organisation?
Many people use the Fibonacci sequence (or something very close to it) to help when they are estimating such things as Epics, Features and User Stories when working in an agile context. However, have we spent over a decade believing in something that is fundamentally flawed? The answer, in my opinion, is surprisingly, yes! Take a look!
What do you need from your organisation?
If you had to send a message to your organisation about what you need, right now, on your agile journey - what would it be?
PRINCE2 is getting updated!
I thought the 2009 update was a very big step forward for PRINCE2. Looks like this will take PRINCE2 a lot further forward and keep it up to date.
Can agile learn something from Sham 69?
I was at a music festival in September 2016 and was reminded of the need to keep things simple. The reminder came in a somewhat unusual way!