🚨Controversial post🚨: Consulting-led projects should NEVER be run using agile methodology. 🙅🏻♀️ There! I’ve said it! Have you ever been…
Controversial opinion: Scrum doesn’t really work. To be specific, I’ve never seen it work properly in client-vendor software delivery. Perhaps…
What methodology should we use to deliver #Salesforce?Agile. Scrum. Waterfall. Hybrid. W-agile. SAFe. RAD. Prototyping. UPM. RUP. Extreme. Lean. 😵 With…
𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔.– A. Hammer. 🔨 🙄 I’m sure we all know someone like A.Hammer.…
Eat that Frog!Fear is all in your mind!Failure is not an option! Sometimes it is confusing to know what to…
Do you do sprint retros outside of projects? ÜberHub and I did that when he flew out to Prague to…
Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, Kanban…What’s best when implementing #Salesforce projects with a Consulting Partner? A hybrid approach is generally used, as it allows…
For a Consulting Partner, selecting a methodology is like swiping on Tinder. If you don’t know what makes for a…
In consulting, there are broadly 3 types of methodologies in use – Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid (or W-agile eww, don’t…
James is a PM that I wouldn’t trust to lead in a crisis. Let’s say that Zombies are about to…
#Salesforce Project Management.It’s very similar to almost any other CRM or enterprise #ProjectManagement – especially as a Consultant with a Partner. You have…
Agile Manifesto’s second principle: “Welcome changing requirements, even late in development.” Putting aside impact to budget and timeline with the…
Why should consulting partners estimate requirements using time, and not story points? Because unless they are doing a pure agile…
The other reason why Agile approach are not suitable for Consulting Projects is because most companies underestimate the amount of…
There are so many bad projects out there, just bleeding money profusely. I hear of projects that have: – poorly…
There is a skill in estimating how long a Discovery will take. For mid to larger sized projects, this can…
I’ve never really had a problem running waterfall projects because I think I understand how to manage expectations. Whenever I…
On the topic of managing expectations, I think that agile came about because waterfall was so rubbish at that. You…
Regardless of what Agile Purists believe, many, many, MANY companies still think they know what Agile is about when they…
I believe that Hybrid model is the most appropriate methodology for Consulting engagements. Here’s why I think so. Consulting Partners…
For a Consulting Partner, selecting a methodology is like swiping on Tinder. If you don’t know what makes for a…