Agile

Today’s fast-moving markets expose threats and opportunities at every turn. Whether you’re a large enterprise or a small startup, it’s no longer enough to simply practice Agile development. To survive — and thrive — in this disruptive environment, you need agility throughout your organization.

In our pursuit of portfolio-level agility, and with capacity management well-covered in our capacity planning blog series, it's time to start talking about value management.

The first four Principles of Capacity Planning start us on a planning journey to run a business more effectively. Here are the topics we’ve covered so far:

Agile: Where It’s At

Did you know that according to job board indeed.com, openings for project managers (PMs) with Agile experience have grown more than 2,500% since 2005?

Limited Time Offer: AgileZen Impact Edition

Do you have a set of budgeting, funding, and approval processes so complex that nobody knows how they all work? Is the easiest way to get something done at your company to escalate to a senior executive, or go straight to a developer?

The other day, I was helping a customer untangle their approval/funding/budgeting processes. Now, this may not sound like the most delightful afternoon, but it was hot outside, and we were all ready to do it.

I recently taught my first Scrum workshop in a while, after a number of years of doing other work. The team was excited and ready to go. The next day, they held a daily standup in the traditional style. Each person answered the three questions:

“What did I do yesterday?”  

“What will I do today?”  

“What’s slowing me down?”

In Boulder, Bike To Work Day (BTWD) is a big deal. At Rally, it’s HUGE. This year, as in years past, we went all-out and we played to win. Here are some highlights.

Project and portfolio management is overdue for an overhaul. Fundamental principles of traditional portfolio management practices no longer apply in our highly complicated and fast-paced world. The mismatch gets compounded by the pervasive use of software in almost every industry.  

Cynthia Koenig (center), Executive Director of Wello Water, and two team members express their appreciation for receiving the Citizen Engineer Award. Why put a suitcase on your head? Read on and RallyON!