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....
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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...
What is a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)?
Learn what a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) is and how to earn this certification. It will sharpen your skills and provide value for your scrum team.
Getting Your Scrum Master Certification in Los Angeles
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...
Business Analysts’ Critical Role on Agile Projects
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...
Supporting Agile Principle 3: Frequent Delivery
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...
Supporting Agile Principle 2: Welcome Changes
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...
Supporting Agile Principle 1: Customer Satisfaction
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...
What is the PMI-ACP Certification?
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...
Platinum Principle 3: Visualizing Rather Than Writing on Your Agile Projects
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...
Platinum Principle 2: Thinking and Acting as a Team on Your Agile Projects
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...
