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 | 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 | 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 | Aug 24, 2012 | Lean, Project Management, Quality, Scope
I’ve talked with and participated in numerous PMOs who define the iron triangle as Time, Cost and Quality. Stop it! You should never be accepting quality as a trade-off… ever! The third side of the iron triangle is Scope and you should not change that. I know of...
