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Book on Project Management using Scrum - #1 Bestseller in Amazon Spain
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Small start-ups
Ana had been laid off from a software-development company. After some time thinking about it, she managed to convince David and Alberto to join her in a project they had been discussing since college: founding their own company to develop … Sigue leyendo
Too small to fail
Kaizen, or continuous improvement, is a well-known term in business or industrial organization. It’s now spreading widely in every sector of the economy, but it also applies in social life or medicine. This philosophy arose in Japan. Their industry had … Sigue leyendo
Five lessons learnt in project management
Every time I finish a project, I try to make a balance report for myself. I look at the things that went wrong and the things that went right. The things that I tried and worked, and those that I shouldn’t repeat. … Sigue leyendo
Lessons learnt
Mistakes are made all the time when we manage projects—at least I have made a few. In this section I will list only some of them. They are the most relevant or the most confessable ones, depending on your point … Sigue leyendo
The engineer and the bridge
In the 5th century BC, a certain Roman engineer was appointed to direct the construction of a bridge over the river Leza. The bridge was important for the area. People and goods would be able to use it to cross … Sigue leyendo
Lessons learnt from others
An old Spanish saying says “no one learns a shred from another person’s head.” But let’s try it anyway by reading some experiences other people encountered while managing projects. In the previous section I’ve told you about my own mistakes … Sigue leyendo
Curso de Scrum Agile 101
Tengo pensado lanzar pronto un curso de Scrum/Agile pero no tengo decididos aún formato en el que lanzarlo o los contenidos exactos que tendrá. Quiero que sea un curso sobre todo práctico y que incluya cuestionarios después de cada tema, … Sigue leyendo
The 80/20 Rule
How can we avoid featuritis and concentrate just on the tasks that will make us more efficient? Many years ago, approximately a century ago, someone called Pareto realised that 20% of the pea pods in his garden amounted for 80% … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101 available for pre order
New ebook, Agile 101, is already available for pre order in Kindle stores worldwide. You can find the link to the Amazon.com page here: Agile 101 – Practical Project Management. Order it now and you’ll receive your copy on 5th … Sigue leyendo
Upcoming book: Agile 101 – Practical Project Management
New book, new prezi. I have prepared for you a presentation of the upcoming book Agile 101. There you can find a short description of the chapters you can find inside. Check it out on Prezi site or directly here:
Agile 101: Broken Windows Theory
In the late 1960s, a university professor carried out a psychological experiment. He left two identical cars in two different neighbourhoods. One in a poor, high-crime neighbourhood in the Bronx, New York. The other one in a rich, quiet area … Sigue leyendo
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From Agile 101: The role of product owner
Are you sure you need a Clippy-like assistant on your app? Many titles could be used for the person who acts as Project Director on the client’s side: the person with the product vision that the company needs, the one … Sigue leyendo
How to make estimates come out the way you want (don’t fool yourself) – From Agile 101 book
Now, let’s hear a quick story about how we fool ourselves when somebody requests a quote for a job. It may have happened to you at some point. A client has requested a quote. He has an idea in mind … Sigue leyendo
More on estimates – From upcoming book Agile 101
When we talk about estimating using Agile techniques, some things are difficult to accept for those of us who have been planning and calculating timing and deadlines for a few years. We can find several techniques for Agile planning: Planning … Sigue leyendo
From Agile 101 book: Real artists ship!
Sometimes, and quite often, we delay delivering our work because we believe it is not ready. We think that we still have things to improve or correct, that we still have to work on it. More often than not, that … Sigue leyendo
From Agile 101 book: The Ant and the Cicada
One summer a cicada was resting in a field, when she noticed a small ant running around here and there. – “What are you doing?” asked the Cicada. – “The Queen has asked me to build a new anthill!” replied … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101: Scrum’s sprint 0 and the initial design
Sometimes we’re in projects in which we need to prepare a large number of things before starting out. Can we start building without stopping to plan or analyse what we’re about to do? When we read about Scrum, we get … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101: Scrum for fixed-price projects
One of the most common questions we ask when we’re wondering whether we should adopt a methodology like Scrum is how to face the fixed-price contracts that are so common in public procurement and many other sectors. One of the … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101: Scrum in a maintenance project
There is a common doubt among those considering using Agile methodologies to manage a project: would it be possible to apply Scrum to projects where, on top of the upcoming and planned tasks, there are frequent interruptions to solve maintenance … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101: How to write an Agile book
Yes, you can also write a book in an Agile manner. Not only software can be created this way. All these Agile things can be applied to a myriad of fields, not only to technology. In this chapter I will … Sigue leyendo