Excellent 12′ introduction to Kanban principles and processes as well as to implementing it on Jira, one of the most widely used platforrms in software development and in agile work settings (e.g. call centers) generally.
Category: Purpose
“What is a Quality Circle? Definition and Examples”
Quality circles are noteworthy for many reasons: meta-, macro-, and micro-. Thse include, as examples, their contribution to the Japanese economic miracle, their emphasis on self-organization as a pattern for managing project team work, and on their toolbox of design and problem-solving tools, including cause-effect diagrams. Here is a concise and solid introduction, inclluding a […]
“What is Waterfall Project Management?”
A very spirited rationale for the “waterfall” or plan-driven practice of project management, wrapped around just a bit of an introduction to it.
“DA Life Cycles – from Making the Transition to Disciplined Agile”
Nice 6′ intro to the 6 project lifecycles of Disciplined Agile® using PMI diagrams as the main visual.
“Systems Engineering: A overview in 15 minutes”
Clear and well-organized introduction to modern (c. 2020) systems engineering. Useful attention to the main processes and tools.
“Harvard Principles of Negotiation”
Clear presentation of the fundamentals of “win/win” negotiation, perhaps the most important collaboration skill in project management. About 11′
“Use Innovation Games”
Here is a brief (<3′) introduction to innovation games, including a short talk by the one who “wrote the book” on them, Luke Hohman. One major use of such games is to inform prioritization decisions, that is, decisions about the relative value of product features or increments, from various perspectives. The three games mentioned here […]
“Strategyzer’s Value Proposition Canvas Explained”
The Value Proposition Canvas is a tool for the collaborative development of the fit beween a customer segment, especially its key jobs and related gains and pains, with potential value propositions which could be provided for the segment. Here is a nice 3′ explanation by the company that designed the canvas, Strategyzer. Btw, the design […]
“Benefits Realization Management Plan”
As currently conceptualized in many project communities of practice, the “benefits” construct refers to outcomes of the project which are valuable to some stakeholder(s). Stakeholders other than the customers may have benefits from a project, without receiving any deliverable, and perhaps long after these have been taken away by the customer. While these beneficial outcomes […]
“Product Goals in Scrum”
10.5′ explanation, oriented specifically to Scrum development approaches and the Scrum construct of “product goal”. However, this talk helps understand how, in agile generally, some very, very high-level model of the product – our “product vision” construct – is useful in engaging stakeholders, informing team formation, and representing potential project outputs in a persuasive way. […]