by Mike Edwards | Aug 11, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Kanban, Lean, The Leadership Gift
Last week I attended Agile 2013. This is my first time attending an Agile Alliance conference. My compliments go out to everyone involved with putting it together. In particular I’d like to thank all the volunteers who gave up their time to help us lost souls...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 9, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Quality
At Agile 2013 I had many great conversations. One of the best questions I was asked was “what will we be talking about in 2 years?” There are so many things happening here. I will be doing a post to summarize my conference experience. However there is one...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 4, 2013 | Agile, Customer, People, Project Management
Recently I was helping a team who has been struggling for a while. They seem to lack focus, direction, priorities and worse yet I believe they feel a little out of control. In other words, they’re trying to be everything to everyone. Which doesn’t seem to...
by Mike Edwards | May 26, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Compliance, Kanban, Lean, Project Management, Quality
Years ago we put a program in place at home to help make it more livable. We instituted an allowance program based on participation and results (we were young and naive then … what can I say?). One aspect of the allowance program was a monthly inspection of the...
by Mike Edwards | May 8, 2013 | Agile, Lean, Project Management
Recently I saw a disturbing (but not unusual) event. Updating the project charter a mere two weeks from implementing the results of a project. Updates this late in the project even with the best of intentions really only serve to cover up the deficiencies in the...
by Mike Edwards | Apr 28, 2013 | Agile, Project Management, Risk
Risk. Did the US examine and mitigate the risk of a Japanese attack on Pearl harbour in 1941? Did the White Star Line consciously accept the risk of so many people dying when the Titanic was fitted with so few lifeboats? Did someone examine the risk of a blackout...
