September 3, 2020 – Coaching, Consulting, Training

Agile Poetry In Motion

September 7, 2020September 3, 2020 by Gene

Lyrics written by: Gene Gendel | Musical/voice performance by: Erin Perry LinkedIn feed -1- It is time to get serious about agility: It is best to be viewed as PMO utility. Scrum and Kanban are agile “methodologies”, Agile Manifesto – is purists’ ideology. -2- Agile KPIs, metrics and RAGs, PMs – proudly wearing “Agile Coach” name … Read more

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Reasoning before measuring August 4, 2020
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