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 21, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Project Management, Quality, Risk
Last week at the Agile Open Space in Toronto my friend Andrew Annett suggested we should start all projects red. I’ve been thinking about this concept all week and I think it’s brilliant! There are pitfalls with this approach, but it accurately portrays...
by Mike Edwards | Apr 17, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Project Management, Scope
Simplicity — the art of maximizing the amount of work not done — is essential. When we talk about value I find most people still get it wrong. If our projects are being effective we are maximizing the value delivered to our customers. In other words we...
by Mike Edwards | Apr 14, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Lean
Yesterday I attended the Agile Open Space Toronto 2013 event. Once again I’m blown away by the community which comes together for these sessions! There’s the regular attendees I’m always happy to connect with such as Michael Sohota, Dale Simpson,...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 20, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Lean, Project Management
Last week I returned home from Potsdam, Germany. I attended and spoke at Agile Dev Practices 2013. It was the first edition of this conference, and lets just say I look forward to attending again in the future! I took advantage of this opportunity with Rosie (my...
