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Budding Los Angeles agile practitioners, did you know that Platinum Edge calls Los Angeles home? While we are known worldwide for our expertise, Platinum Edge provides CSM courses in Los Angeles on a regular basis. Scrum is one of the most popular agile project...

One question that comes up, both with our students and our coaching clients, is this: Where do business analysts fit into agile projects? Business analysts – or BAs – often find themselves in one of three roles on an agile project: the product owner, the product owner...

Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter time scale. – Agile Principle #3 The third Agile Principle rounds out the customer-focused principle group and emphasizes the fact that delivering...

Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. – Agile principle #2 This principle stresses the importance of embracing change on your projects. On agile projects, you welcome change at...

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. – Agile Principle #1 This agile principle refers specifically to customer satisfaction.  By delivering product features and functionality that offer value to...

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) recognizes that traditional project management practitioners need to diversify and embrace agile project management tools and techniques to successfully manage today's complex projects. This is the basis for the introduction of...

The third Platinum Principle indicates how important it is for you and your project team to use visualization as a tool on your agile projects.  People automatically think and remember in images. When you visualize rather than write, information retention is much...

Project team members should focus on how the team can be most productive. Often, when organizations introduce individual performance metrics in a team environment, team member performance actually goes down, instead of up. Agile project team members will succeed or...

We at Platinum Edge have created this first Platinum Principle to help illustrate that the most successful agile project teams are those that practice spontaneity and creativity as opposed to formality. You can resist formality on your agile projects by rooting out...

The Agile Manifesto Values and the 12 Agile Principles form the basis for all of today’s agile development methods. We at Platinum Edge have compiled a list of three additional principles we call the Platinum Principles. The Platinum Principles are a supporting...

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