This 5.5-minute overview addresses many key points re iteration planning. Among these is the important one of “team velocity”. This enables forecasting of agile team performance. In this sense, it is parallel to plan-driven project management constructs in Earned Value Management (EVM), such as Cost Performance Index (CPI).
“The Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix”
The point of a project communication plan is to *move* key stakeholders from whatever level of engagement with the project they’re currently at to the level that will be most helpful to the project. To diagnose gaps in these levels of engagement, the Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix is a great tool. Here’s a short video […]
“Project Scheduling – PERT/CPM | Finding Critical Path”
The general topic here is scheduling in plan-driven projects and, specifically, critical path methodology (CPM). This video goes into techniques such as doing the forward and backward passes to surface schedule attributes (e.g. “ES” earliest start, “LS” latest start, etc.). For anyone studying for the PMP exam, knowing these techniques is recommended. Historically, on the […]
“What is the Critical Path Method (CPM)”
Good 5 minute video. Some historical context along with useful definitions and disambiguations.
“How to Do Agile Iteration Planning”
Very nice short video
“Mike Cohn User Stories”
Very comprehensive explanation by the guy who “wrote the book” on user stories. About an hour long.
“What is an Empathy Map?”
Nice 5′ video – nice visuals, nice explanation
“How to Create Effective User Stories in Agile”
11′ video.
“Customer Journey Mapping Workshop”
Nice 6′ video – visual, information-rich, well organized
“User Story Mapping|Business Analyst Skills”
Good 15′ video. Except for the first 1:15 or so of PR. “User Story Mapping” is a technique agile project teams use to organize product backlogs comprised of user stories. It was developed and popularized by Jeff Patton. This technique is very similar to that of customer journey mapping, which is popular and important for […]