Getting it Done with a Technical Work Map and Coaching

The product application manager on the DBA team disclosed that there was an outage where a data loss occurred over a year ago which initiat...

Key 18 - Team Velocity: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11-1 18. Team Velocity This is it! If you have made it through all 18 of...

Key 17 - User Stories: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11-1 17. User Stories The ticket in the help desk system was short and...

Key 16 - T-Shirt Size: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11-1 16. T-Shirt Size I know the reality of only having three more proj...

Key 15 - Limiting WIP: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11-1 15. Limiting WIP People think that they are that rare snowflake tha...

Key 14 - Radiate: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11-1 14. Radiate Humans have been radiating information for a long time....

Key 13 - Iterate: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11 13. Iterate We’re more than half way through our 18 project keys now ...

Key 12 - External Dependencies/Deadlines: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11 12. External Dependencies/Deadlines I realize my mind is a little stra...

Key 11 - Status: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Michigan Agile Philosophy Project Key 2014-02-25 10-11 11. Status Married? Single? Parent? Citizen? What’s your status? We ha...

Key 10 - What does done look like?: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

10.  What does done look like? Grilling.  I love it.  I suck at it.  I may be the one guy on the planet that didn’t get the grilling gen...

Key 9 - Team: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

9.  Team Ok, strap in for a good one.   There’s a lot here, but I think it is important that we take a step back s...

Key 8 - Actual End Date: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

8.  Actual End Date Let’s see…we can look at this one in two different ways.   There’s the literal definition where we look into the past...

Key 7 - Estimated End Date (MVP): Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

7.  Estimated End Date (MVP) MVP?  Is this one of those new texting things those crazy kids are doing LOL?  No silly.  It’s not Most Val...

Key 6 - Start Date: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

6.  Start Date A boss tells an <insert ethnicity, gender, age group, or job role> applicant, "I'll give you $8 an hour, s...

Key 5 - Product Owner: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

5.  Product Owner Product Owner is another role rather than a title.  Someone takes on the role of Product Owner for the life of the pro...

Key 4 - Investment Owner: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

4.  Investment Owner Daddy Warbucks to Little Orphan Annie.  Those gorgeous curls weren’t free.  Someone had to pay for them.  Daddy to...