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I finally “officially” received the notice that I am a CSP!!  It took a summer filled with effort, but I did it. We are also trying to work with a few Universities to see if they would allow us to do our workshops on their campuses.  And we are working with the Pennsylvania Unemployment Office…

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Our Delaware Valley Agile Meetup had our End of Summer social yesterday evening.  It immediately followed the first day of one of our free two-day Non-Certified ScrumMaster workshops.  We had a solid turnout – over twenty people showed up.  I gave a presentation with the topic “Empower Your Agile Journey.”  My presentation explained how inspecting…

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After much debate, we decided to hold a weekend workshop for those that could not take off from work or school. Saturday and Sunday was rough. But we made it through. It’s a good thing we only scheduled one workshop. However the best part was free parking in Media and no traffic both mornings going…

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Ok, I think the employees at Inverse Paradox must have been showing off. They were the brightest students we have ever had. They asked poignant questions at appropriate times, followed along with the material and overall seemed to grasp the information better than any other group. I have to hand it to Neil, who has…

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On the evening of the second day of one of our free two-day Non-Certified ScrumMaster workshops, I gave a presentation for the Philly Application Lifecycle Management User Group. My presentation topic was “Overcoming Challenges of the Transition to the Agile Methodology.” A question that I have been asked often during our workshops is “how do…

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This week kicks off our busiest week ever.  We have three workshops back to back with only one day off.  So we have workshops Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and then Saturday and Sunday.  Let’s hope we are still functioning after this week!  Today was an important workshop.  We are courting Drexel University to…

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Just ten last little employees left for another digital agency Agile training. Seems like we are always celebrating holidays with them anymore. We have now trained over 50 of their employees. What a sharp bunch! Although we enjoyed it, we are glad it’s over. The hardest part will now be how they actually implement Agile.…

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Consider that 70% of software projects fail due to poor requirements. The estimated rework associated with these failures exceeds 45 billion USD annually. The question is – why is this happening? The answer is twofold. First, business requirements tend to lose focus on the customer; and second, the requirements lack a holistic frame of reference…

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