Archive - September 2010

Around this time of year, some of the members of our team always seem to find themselves involved in that most seasonally-topical (ahem) of activities - planning what they’ll be doing on Christmas Day. One of us, in particular, has decided that this kind of thing is about as Agile as anything can get in everyday life, as it’s all about adapting to changing circumstances.

We were asked again recently about the idea behind incremental delivery, so here’s another explanation:

It’s one of the fundamentals of Agile that it should feature incremental delivery of the stages of the overall project. In some cases - particularly with Scrum - the increments are time-limited and are known as “Sprints”. In all cases, though, there is a build up of deliverables on an ongoing basis, rather than having everything delivered together at the deadline date.

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Agile Management Principles - Telescope to Kaleidoscope

18 SEP 2010 | Posted in agile project management, project management | Author Ross Jackson | 2 Comments

A phrase attributed to various thought leaders, including Edward de Bono and Robert Heller, in their website www.thinkingmanagers.com - the idea is that managers used to be able to concentrate on their area of focus, without having to pay much attention to what was going on outside of their specific field.

Just In Time is a principle that will be familiar to many. The idea is that you only carry enough stock to replace the items that have run out "just in time" - ie only when they need to be replaced, rather than storing lots of stock that won't need to be used for a while in the future. One of the simplest ways to implement the principle can be seen in the average household.