Even when you are using different development frameworks (agile, waterfall, scrum) the selection of team members is a critical activity,...

We are all trying to find the secret to success when running an application development team the secret is the planning to obtain the...

So you are going ahead with the purchase of ScrumMaster/Project Management Software and it’s time for you and your team to evaluate...

With the constantly changing environment in the technology field not many things stay the same for very long. One thing throughout all...

Projects are so complex today because there are many stakeholders/business owners to satisfy and because there are boundaries of cost,...

Project Progress How you measure and report progress in your agile/scrum project is very important to your credibility as a ScrumMaster. ...

Performance and Scope We (all of us) at times forget some of the most important things that are related to your project, performance is...

Issues-Nonverbal/Verbal Communication is a multiple lane highways, the agile/scrum framework tries to elevate this by having daily...

Communication Plan Communication is the key that brings together all of the vital components of your agile/scrum project. Without a...

Lessons Learned Ok so I know that one of the agile/scrum manifesto items is “create just enough paperwork” and I have in earlier posts...

When using agile/scrum frameworks for application development, change is a constant factor in your project and is welcomed. In these...

You have to start with a member of the business/stakeholder, someone who can make decisions NOT just a member of that business unit. You...

So if you read Bruce Tuchman’s 1965 Forming Storming Norming Performing team-development model you start to understand that teams go...

Indicator Number Two-Team Supervision Teams come in all shapes and sizes as do the individuals who work on them, one type of supervision...

Indicator Number One-Your Teams Speed As a Scrum-Master you must know what skills are going to make your application development project...

Lean Management and the use of it in the IT field. I am going to focus on the “Lean Enterprise” aspect of Lean as well as pros and cons...