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Embracing the Zen of Program Management
The lovely folks at Thoughtworks interviewed me for a blog post, Embracing the Zen of Program Management. I hope you like the information there. If you want to know about agile and lean program...
View ArticlePeople: Resilience Creators, Not Resources
I’ve been traveling, teaching, speaking and consulting all over the world. I keep encountering managers who talk about the “resources.” They mean people, and they say “resources.” That makes me nuts. I...
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Architects as Servant Leaders
As more teams and organizations transition to agile, they discover something important about leadership. Leadership is part of everything we do in an agile project. It doesn’t matter if it’s...
View ArticlePublic Workshops in 2016
I have several public workshops this year. I’m offering the Influential Agile Leader with Gil Broza April 6-7, 2016 in Boston and May 4-5, 2016 London. If you have not read some of my writing about...
View ArticleThinking About Servant Leadership and Agile Project Management
For many people, agile means an end to all project management. I disagree. I find value in servant leadership in project management. I explain how you can think about servant leadership and agile...
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Stuck in the Middle with Your Agile Transformation? Part 3
In part 1, I addressed some management challenges with an agile transition. In part 2, I addressed some team issues. In this part, I’ll discuss why agile is a culture change and ways to consider a...
View ArticleStuck in the Middle with Your Agile Transformation? Part 2
In Stuck in the Middle, Part 1, I discussed possible management problems with agile. Those aren’t the only stuck problems I see. Sometimes, I see team problems. What if the teams are “almost...
View ArticleStuck in the Middle with Your Agile Transformation? Part 1
Here’s something I see in many organizations: Management wants to “control and manage” the projects/efforts/work (whatever they call it) in the same way they did before the organization started agile....
View ArticleWaving the Agile Flag?
I spoke with a potential client last week. She said, “I’m waving the agile flag. But no one cares.” I wrote a Pragmatic Manager to sort through what I wanted to say to her. Read it at Feeling Alone on...
View ArticleInfluential Agile Leader on Projects at Work
I spoke with Dave Prior on a podcast for Projects at Work. The podcast is titled “Influential Agile Leader.” We spoke about how leaders need to practice coaching and influence, and how to use...
View ArticleServant Leadership: The Agile Way
In more traditional projects, the Project Management Institute has a notion that you can “control” a project. I have never found that to be true. Of course, I never quite used a waterfall approach–I...
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Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 2: Who to Approach
To summarize: your agile transformation is stuck. You’ve thought about your why, as in Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 1: Define Your Why. You have some idea for measurements. Maybe you’ve even started...
View ArticleBecoming an Agile Leader, Part 3: How to Create Allies
To summarize: your agile transformation is stuck. You’ve thought about your why, as in Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 1: Define Your Why. You’ve started to measure possibilities. You have an idea of...
View ArticleBecoming an Agile Leader, Part 4: Determining Next Steps
To summarize: your agile transformation is stuck. You’ve thought about your why, as in Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 1: Define Your Why. You’ve started to measure possibilities. You have an idea of...
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Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 5: Learning to Learn
To summarize: your agile transformation is stuck. You’ve thought about your why, as in Becoming an Agile Leader, Part 1: Define Your Why. You’ve started to measure possibilities. You have an idea of...
View ArticleAgile Leadership Newsletters Posted
If you only read my blog, you might not know I publish a monthly newsletter, the Pragmatic Manager. The last two issues have been on agile leadership. Take a look at Being An Agile Leader and Own Your...
View ArticleWith Agile, No Warnings Needed
Have you ever worked on a project where the management and/or sponsors felt it necessary to provide you warnings: “This release better do this or have that. Otherwise, you’re toast.” I have, once....
View ArticleWhat’s the “Right” Term for an Agile Transition or Transformation?
As I finish the agile project management book (Create Your Successful Agile Project), I am working on what stays in this book and what I use in the agile management book (next up after the PO book)....
View ArticleThinking About What to Call Team Members and Managers
Bob Sutton (@work_matters) tweeted this the other day: Perhaps companies ought to stop using “IC” or “Individual Contributor.” It seems to absolve such employees from helping others I retweeted it and...
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Announcing Create Your Successful Agile Project
I have a new book in beta, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver. (The in beta part means that it is in copyediting, and then onto layout and print. It’s a...
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