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Discover why Agile techniques are a great fit for regulated industries and how they can improve compliance and efficiency.

DevSecOps in Government Government product development is challenging--from the breadth of the diverse user base to the required scaling and reliability of their technology products. Users include all types of people, generations, ethnicities and languages who expect...

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: “Is waterfall vs agile just proclivity?” Mr. Agile® says, “Waterfall vs agile is more progress than proclivity…”

Platinum Edge now offers Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) as a live instructor-led online class. Although we are postponing our in-person private and public certification classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are temporarily offering them online.

As organization’s begin playing scrum, staffing a new team with full-time, fully-dedicated people can be challenging.  One of the key roles you’ll want to get right, is the scrum master. This article will discuss why a full-time, fully-dedicated scrum master role is critical for a new 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 the career path for the scrum master?” Mr. Agile® says, “The career path of the scrum master isn’t necessarily that different than…”

We are postponing this event until further notice due to COVID-19 and recommendation by the CDC for social distancing. Platinum Edge in partnership with the International Innovation Center will be hosting a free Lunch and Learn in Las Vegas. Our Founder Mark Layton will be speaking about Agile Estimation: An overview of relative estimation and why it is structurally more accurate than precise estimation.

Platinum Edge is temporarily postponing in-person private and public certification classes and instead offering live online instructor-led certification classes. Scrum Alliance has authorized live online training for full certification during this challenging time.

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 the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?” Mr. Agile® says, “This is a very common challenge. The main thing that we’re looking for…”

Platinum Edge is excited to sponsor and attend this years PMI Region 5 Meeting in North Carolina. 

Spurring this unprecedented growth are benefits from scrum — an agile framework designed to help team members adapt to creative challenges while delivering top-notch value. Today, we’re sharing a scrum overview, focusing our attention on how it’s updating and transforming the city of Sacramento into far more than the state capital.

An agile assessment will also look at missed opportunities as well as how well the organization deals with failure and learning from reality, especially when the news is not so good.