Nomen est omen – the name determines its meaning. So, is ‘agile’ really about ‘agile’? If we talk about being adaptive – my answer would be yes. But does the use of agile methodologies also mean less discipline, less planning or less documentation? Definitely not. […]
10 Agile Myths & Misconceptions weiterlesen »
In diesem Blog möchte ich mich mit dem Thema „Projekt Setup“ beschäftigen – wie wichtig ist diese Phase, wie wichtig ist solch eine Vorbereitung zum eigentlichen Projekt? Nun zugegeben, auf den ersten Blick eine doch recht einfache Sache, oder? Man schreibt einen kurzen Projektsteckbrief, überschlägt
Wie wichtig ist die Projekt – Vorbereitungsphase? weiterlesen »
Some weeks ago I posted an infograph about the cloud-enabled company. Since then I had many good discussions about it and put additional thoughts into the concept. This finally ended in an updated infograph: I extended the cloud- and service architecture with an implementation approach, which is
Industry 4.0 in the Era of #Cloud, #Agile, #DevOps #Microservices and #IoT weiterlesen »
[soliloquy id=”3164″]The service transition capabilities of an organization are being stressed in the new shiny cloud era. This is because of the following dimensions to be considered: 1. The frequency dimension: We are not talking about the frequency of operational changes to existing cloud services.
Service Transition in the Era of Cloud Computing weiterlesen »
Like swimming you can learn certain things only by practicing them. In IT, this is especially true for agile methods like Scrum or Kanban. Although agile methods are usually simple to understand and make perfectly sense in theory, they are difficult to master in practice.
Are you talking about Water or getting wet? – Become Agile through Simulations weiterlesen »
The use of agile frameworks has become increasingly popular outside the IT-world and spreads to business functions like finance, sales or product development. Even if we stay within IT; some people say that the new megatrend ‘DevOps’ is just a natural extension of agile concepts from
Agile. For the Rest of the Organization. weiterlesen »
Self-organization is sometimes called the ‘secret-sauce’ of successful teams. Think of it as a cook: If the curry sauce is bad, it can ruin the entire meal. So it’s the core of a good curry meal. At the same time, self-organization is in my opinion one of the
Self-Organized Teams: Where Great Things Start weiterlesen »
“Business-IT Alignment is wrong. It doesn’t mean anything to the business”. When I heard these words during a local IT conference last year, I was first quite puzzled. The longer I think about it, the more I must say: It’s true.
Make the Difference weiterlesen »
Es wurde bereits xig Artikel, Bücher und Publikationen dazu veröffentlicht. Warum jetzt dieser Blog zu diesem Thema? Meine zentrale Frage: Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einem erfolgreichen Projekt und einem missglückten Projekt? Hierzu möchte ich meine Erfahrungen aus vielen Jahren Projektmanagement weitergeben. Wer weiss, vielleicht
Projekt Management – aus der Praxis, für die Praxis weiterlesen »
