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- Project Management,
- Agile,
- Agile Education
Michele Sliger helps bridge the divide between traditional project management and Agile so that classically trained PM’s can successfully apply Agile practices, and more importantly, an Agile mindset. Along the way, Michele clears up some of the confusion about the strengthened Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional certification and the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification.
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- Delivering Quality,
- Project Management,
- Careers,
- Removing Waste
Tony Wong, a project management blackbelt, enumerates some practical points on individual procutivity. This article wonders how well these apply to software development and contrasts his list with that of other lists.
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- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Agile Techniques,
- Agile Education,
- Project Management,
- Agile,
- Scrum.org,
- Agile Certification,
- Adopting Agile
This is the 4th quarter 2011 update of scrum extensions. InfoQ will be looking at proposed and approved extensions each quarter to see how scrum changes and evolves.
Articles about Project Management

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- Project Management,
- Agile Techniques,
- Agile
Lean has the concept of a Sub-Optimal process. A Sub-Optimal process is where a part of the process is optimized to the detriment of the entire process’s efficiency. Are Agile practices creating projects that are in danger of being or becoming Sub-Optimal? What Agile practices are contributing to projects becoming Sub-Optimal? What can we do ensure our projects do not become Sub-optimal?

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- Project Management,
- Operations,
- Architecture,
- Process
The CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV) framework, developed at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), can be used to improve product quality and project and organizational performance. InfoQ spoke with Mike Konrad, co-author of the book published on CMMI-Dev framework.
Presentations about Project Management

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- Project Management,
- Agile
Jamie Wright provides advice on project management based on 37 signals’ software development methodology for those involved in consulting.

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- Project Management,
- Agile Techniques,
- Agile
Jesper Boeg and Guilherme Silveira discuss various Agile anti-patterns which proved not to work for everybody, presenting some Lean principles implemented with Kanban and helping to improve things, resolving possible conflicts with traditional Agile practices, and determining if Lean&Kanban is appropriate for immature teams.
Interviews about Project Management

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- Project Management,
- Agile
Johanna Rothman discusses the application of portfolio management thinking in an Agile way, and having the courage to stop work and cancel projects when they have outlived their usefulness. Tackling topics such as the mission impossible project, the sacred cow project and other management impediments and how to overcome them.

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- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Agile Education,
- Software Craftsmanship,
- Project Management,
- Agile,
- Java,
- .NET,
- Tools,
- IDE
Mik Kersten discusses the role of Mylyn and Tasktop in Agile development and how these tools return control to developers. Also: how Mylyn streamlines development in Eclipse.
Books about Project Management

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- Project Management,
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Agile Techniques,
- Agile,
- Release,
- Team Collaboration
This mini-book offers an easy to follow 10 step guide to taking the initial plunge and start using Lean principles to optimizing value and flow in your system. Each step consists of a section explaining “why” followed by examples of specific tools, practices and rules that have helped other teams better understand and optimize their system.