MPUG Category: Agile
The Art of the Agile Retrospective
I’ve been asked to do a lot of Agile retrospectives around Microsoft over the years. I don’t know how it started, but it started several years ago when somebody recommended that I lead a retrospectiv...
Top 10 Must-Read Articles From the Experts
The Project Communication Plan By Bonnie Biafore Creating an Agile Schedule with Microsoft Project By Vincent McGevna 5 Tips for Formatting Text on a Gantt Chart By Ismet Kocaman Task Types: Do...
Kanban: The Secret of High-Performing Teams at Microsoft
If you are a project manager or a program manager, or aspiring to be, one of the best project management tools you can add to your toolbox is the Kanban. In fact, if somebody were to ask me, what’s th...
Webinar: Shared Understanding Among Project Stakeholders: A New Methodology for Agile Project Management
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical Category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: “Respect ...
Agile Project Management with Scrum
I offer you Scrum, a most perplexing and paradoxical process for managing complex projects. On one hand, Scrum is disarmingly simple. The process, its practices, its artifacts, and its rules are few, ...
Where To Focus First When Adopting Agile
If you are new to agile and want to understand what all the buzz is about, start by separating agile project management techniques from agile software development methods. Why the distinction? We̵...
Creating an Agile Schedule with MS Project
Use Fields and Groups to Create an Agile Schedule with MS Project I have read many comments that MS Project cannot be used for Agile projects. While I agree that Project is not the best tool for Agile...
10 Key Business Analysis Trends to Guide Your IT Organization to Greater Results in 2011
This year organizations are picking up the pace to leverage rapid developments in technology which will enable them to be more productive and more competitive. To ensure their success, requirements ma...