Metrics & Reporting

B-17E Bomber – Tight coupling of Color Coding with Numerical Data

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Note: This post has been created to aid you in reading another post about RAGs, the initial paragraph of which can be found here: https://www.projectmanagement.com/articles/315648/The-Fallacy-of-Red–Amber–Green-Reporting (also, cross-posted here: https://www.keystepstosuccess.com/2016/01/fallacies-of-rag-reports/) “Our fuel is low.  Are we going to make it?” Lt.  Mitchell, the pilot of Boeing B-17E, kept pulling hard on the stick, taking his Flying … Read more

Agile Coaching – Lessons from the Trenches

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Authors: Gene Gendel and Erin Perry High performing organizations, high performing teams, and high performing people do not often happen organically. They are a return on investment. We’ve spent time in the trenches, both giving and receiving coaching, at organizations of all sizes: from small startups to large enterprises. In this article, we will use … Read more

Unspoken Agile Topics

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Author: Gene Gendel This paper, originally written in February 2013, brings to light some of the least-discussed topics and consequences of “broadband agilization” that currently take place in the industry. The materials of this paper are subdivided into two general sections: The first section describes certain impacts that Agile has on individuals and their personal … Read more

Long-Term Strategic Planning: Epic-Level Estimation

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This is a reprint from the book The Green Book: Collection of Independent Essays, by Gene Gendel.  Article name: Epic-Level Estimation (p. 108). Free PDF copy.  Amazon Download. Imagine: You are about to form a new feature team that is composed of bright, cross-functional experts, self-motivated and self-managed. They all worked in Scrum settings before … Read more

From Tickets to Trust: How Jira’s Issue Model Enables Lean, Transparent Software Delivery

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In many organizations, tools like Jira, Rally, Version1, VSTS, Azure DevOps and similar, are still treated as administrative systems—places where work is logged after the fact while “real” planning and reporting happen elsewhere, in spreadsheets, heavy .ppt slide decks, and carefully curated status updates. This separation creates friction, delays, and often a quiet erosion of … Read more

Fallacies of RAG Reports

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Author: Gene Gendel How Much Can You Trust Your Navigation Instruments? 1944…Imagine you are flying back home from a risky military mission…If you are not able to vividly imagine what this experience is like, please follow this link:  https://www.keystepstosuccess.com/2016/01/b-17e-bomber-tight-coupling-of-color-coding-with-numerical-data/ RAG System in Conventional Project Management Today, the RAG system is still widely used in conventional project … Read more