Spring Fling 2016
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…
Read MoreHearts on Fire 2016 Social
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…
Read MoreFour Reasons Why The ScrumMaster and Product Owner Should Not Be The Same Person
Many times in my career, I have seen one person sharing multiple roles. When I first entered the workforce in the Information Technology industry, I noticed a lot of positions that were combining multiple roles into one person. “Programmer/analyst” was a common one. Even now, I still see a lot of hybrid “Project Manager/Business Analyst”…
Read MoreThe Importance of the Sprint Retrospective
As a project manager and a ScrumMaster, one of the most important meetings is the Sprint Retrospective, or the “Lessons Learned” meeting. It still surprises me how many people discount the importance of this meeting, but it is especially critical in the Scrum framework as a part of empirical process control upon which Scrum is…
Read MoreSmall Beginnings
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…
Read MoreSelecting Salesforce
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…
Read MoreThe Best Christmas Pictures Ever!
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!
Read MoreVisualizing Long Term Goals
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…
Read MoreWeighing Options
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).…
Read MoreI Concur
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…
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