The gaming industry in China has experienced rapid growth in the past few years. In 2012, estimated total revenues were $9.7 Billion – a 35% increase from 2011 and more than 1/3 of the global total gaming revenue, according to The NPD Group. There are a few...
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Platinum Edge Sponsoring Agile 2013 Conference
Platinum Edge, Inc. is proud to announce Gold sponsorship of the Agile 2013 conference, which is to be held Aug 5th – 9th, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. Agile 2013 is considered the “premier Agile event of the year,” with over 1,600 anticipated attendees, as well as...
The Burndown Chart as a Diagnostic Tool: the Fallacy of the “Perfect” Burndown
A burndown chart is a great diagnostic tool to uncover dysfunction in your agile team. Learn to recognize the “perfect” burndown chart and what it means.
Platinum Edge Presents Agile Estimation to PMI Northern Utah Chapter in Salt Lake City
Platinum Edge, Inc. recently had the pleasure of presenting at and attending the PMI – Northern Utah Chapter’s 2013 Professional Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The theme of the conference was “Transformation: Management to Leadership”. Platinum Edge...
Orange County Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Courses by Platinum Edge
Scrum is one of the most popular agile project management frameworks today, and more and more project managers in Orange County are getting their scrum master certification. Becoming a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) allows you to make a difference in how companies...
A Quick, Effective Swarming Exercise for Scrum Development Teams
Swarming is the practice of having the whole development team work on one user story at a time. It requires a development team to work cross-functionally, and it is easier than you might think. Here is how you can start swarming on user stories. 1. Create the...
Supporting Agile Principle 7: Working Products
Working software is the primary measure of progress. – Agile Principle #7 Agile Principle 7 offers a simple guideline: true customer value means delivering working products*. This principle is important because it: Quickly demonstrates quality. Working product means...
What Does it Mean to be a Cross-Functional Development Team?
Platinum Edge gets lots of questions about how development teams can be cross-functional. What does it mean to be cross-functional? What if I don't know how to do all the jobs on a development team? Is my expertise going to be wasted? Can this really work in the real...
Supporting Agile Principle 6: Face-to-Face Contact
The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. – Agile Principle #6 The sixth Agile Principle addresses communications management on an agile project team, stating what many successful...
Supporting Agile Principle 5: Motivated Individuals
Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. – Agile Principle #5 The fifth Agile Principle focuses on the project team and emphasizes the importance of trust, support and motivation....
Supporting Agile Principle 4: Business-Developer Partnerships through Collocated Teams
Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. – Agile Principle #4 As we continue our review of the principles behind the Agile Manifesto, we come to principles 4-6. These principles focus on the project team and how individual team...
Platinum Edge Partners with PMI-LA to Help Provide Students Laptops
Platinum Edge, Inc. was pleased to attend the Young Legends Youth Technology Conference in Diamond Bar, CA on December 1, 2012. The objective of the conference was to expose middle and high school students to various areas of technology with the goal of increasing...
