Agile

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Can the product owner become the customer as well?” Mr. Agile® says, “Many times the product owner is coming from the funding organization, so they…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do agile organizations manage third party vendor contracts?” Mr. Agile® says, “Under an agile approach you’re actually going to have a lot more control as a buyer…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Where does a project manager fit in agile projects?” Mr. Agile® says, “Keep in mind, there are three roles under a scrum model; you have a…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “When does waterfall theory work?” Mr. Agile® says, “When we talk about the difference between agile techniques and waterfall technique, agile techniques really promote…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do you use a UX designer on an agile project?” Mr. Agile® says, “Scrum doesn’t dictate how you’re going to use a user experience (UX) designer. What scrum dictates is…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What are functional versus non-functional requirements?” Mr. Agile® says, “Functional requirements refer to the behavior of the systems (e.g. “I want to…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is a spike and why does it confuse so many people?” Mr. Agile® says, “The spike is an intra-sprint decision that a team…”

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is your favorite agile scaling model?” Mr. Agile® says, “I wouldn’t say that we have a favorite agile scaling model. There are a lot of scaling models that are out there…”

A big benefit of agile projects is the capability to have a self-funding project. Waiting to release anything until you have everything limits your ability to gain early market share, realize an early (and compounding) return on investment (ROI), receive early end-customer feedback, and remain relevant in a fast-moving marketplace.

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do I know when an agile project is complete?” Mr. Agile® says, “We have a formula that we like to use…”

Set Your Agile Project Up for Success Your department is busy, and as hard as it can be to make the time, it's in those moments that it is good to get back-to-basics, setting your agile project up to succeed. Whether you're new to agile techniques or well acquainted...

When you work in companies of various sizes, in varied industries and in different parts of the world, repeating patterns stand out among the diversity. A pattern we've noticed is when clients get these three things right—1) dedicated & collocated teams, 2)...