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So I inherited this big mess of a program about 5 months ago. Ever been in that situation? Where you’ve been given the reins of a project or program, along with a sympathetic look that says “better you than me. Good luck”? Well, I’ve never been one to turn away from a challenge (or in…

Yesterday was our Delaware Valley Agile Sprint Fling 2016. We had a good turnout, and I gave a presentation on the “T Shaped Mindset”, a topic which I am really passionate about. This presentation showed the importance of a T shaped mind set for developers and stressed cross-functionality. The benefits include; Scrum team members strengthen…

Last night, we had our Delaware Valley Agile Hearts On Fire 2016 Social. We had an ok turnout, great food, and I gave a presentation on Proactive Risk Management. My presentation showed the importance of proactive risk management as opposed to reactionary issue resolution. Details included creating and maintaining a risk register or RAID Log…

Now that I have more time on my hands we can really start doing some staff augmentation. We have decided to focus on Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Consulting. We firmly believe in Agile and Scrum and we are going to make sure that everyone hired through us has a solid base of the Scrum framework. This…

We finally selected Salesforce as the solutions that we’re going to implement to handle information around partnering and licensing activities. Now that we’re working with the vendor to implement the solution, we’re using agile to increase collaboration among team members as well as with client stakeholders. Some aspects of the project need to be implemented…

I love Christmas pictures with dogs.  Trying to get these shots was a feat, but these are truly the best pics ever!  The look on Holly’s little face is just everything!

I have been thinking about long term goals.  It would be so great if someday I could have a farm.  I would love to have a winery in the country, on a few acres of land or an animal sanctuary.  My grandparents had a farm when I was growing up. They owned one hundred acres…

I’ve been working on an interesting and challenging (at this rate, what program ISN’T challenging?) program for the past three months. A big pharma company was looking to replace a ten year old system that created and maintained information (and documentation) about their partnering and licensing activities (including other pharma companies, universities, healthcare systems, etc).…

I am working on a Concur implementation project to convert all employees from PeopleSoft to Concur using Scrums through collaboration with Scrum development team and Product Owner. Also using Scrum with respect to Business Continuity Planning. Activities to support each department are being delivered via a sprint. The Product Owner is determining the priority of…

Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for this year. These pictures are everything!  Holly really poses and in some of them you can just hear her say “Look at me, I’m a model!” I can’t wait to mail these cards out, they will be the best ever! If I don’t write again…