Monthly Archives: June 2008

Grapevines and Agile make great Wine…

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Joe Ocampo

I couldn’t resist the title. By this point in most of your careers you have been exposed to the grapevine exercise. This exercise is geared to show you how one thought through many control points gets distorted and misrepresented. I … Continue reading →

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Matrix Resource Management and Agile

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Joe Ocampo

I have been having an ongoing discussion lately concerning matrix management styles and how they conflict with Agile Project Management. If you look at the traditional “Iron Triangle”, resources are estimated, in that change is expected in the resource allocation … Continue reading →

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My issues with the term "Scrum Master"

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Joe Ocampo

A few years ago I was very excited at the possibility of becoming a Scrum master.  At the time I had been an avid XP practitioner for a little over two years.  I had read several books on the Scrum … Continue reading →

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