by Shiv Sivakumar | May 19, 2022 | Agile, Project Management
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Scrum as an Agile approach is now center-stage worldwide, a goliath occupying a staggering 66% of all agile adoptions. The distant second is Scrumban, a mere 9% and the third at 5% tied between Scrum/XP Hybrid...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 19, 2022 | Chow
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Priyanka is the coach for a team making firmware and software for ECUs (electronic control units) and app layers above. Due to the number of fragmented technologies in the solution and the workload, the...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 1, 2022 | Project Management
Photo by Nathan Bingle on Unsplash Some time back I wrote a blog on scope management and its relevance in agile projects. A few days later, a friend stopped by for a chat and gave me a shocker, saying “why are you writing about such dated stuff like scope management?...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 1, 2022 | Chow
Many of you would be aware of agile values and principles (here is a refresher if you need). PMBOK 7 has also taken a similar approach, defining project management values and principles, leaving it flexible for users to define the practices that best serve the...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Apr 9, 2022 | Personal Growth
Drag each of the 16 Values on the right hand side (from the 8 pairs) and it in the drop zones – “Values in Personal Life”, “Values in Student (or Work) Life” or in both. For example, if you think “Honesty” value applies to...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorised
Please drag and drop one or more Principles from the right side to the correct Values boxes on the left...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorised
by Shiv Sivakumar | Feb 26, 2022 | Chow
Photo by Chaitanya Tvs on Unsplash This Challenge of the Week (CHOW) reminds me of student days and the outrage at “out-of-syllabus” questions in exams! Here are a few on agile scope management for you to try out (within syllabus but some googlies!!). As a short prep,...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Feb 24, 2022 | Project Management
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Many of us as rookie Project Managers have got this thing dinned into our heads early in our careers. Manage Scope or perish – especially, if you have bid fixed price to a customer for software development. But the practice of...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Jan 27, 2022 | DevOps
Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash As I write this post, I am reminded of a classic novel – A Tale of Two Cities, with the story happening in Paris and London around the time of the French revolution. The story events reflect the prevalent culture –...
