Tag Archives: pmp

The Agile Practice Guide Video Course

The Agile Practice Guide Video Series

Have you ever wanted to learn about Agile, but did not know where to start?

Start here.

Directly from the Agile Practice Guide, which is a book designed to add Agile to the prestigious Project Management Professional (PMP) qualification by the Project Management Institute and Agile Alliance, this video and audio series takes you through the whole range of their Agile lessons. From project life-cycles (why and when to use Agile), though to the common practices you will see, and the many different Agile and Lean Frameworks that have evolved over the past 30 years.

This free guide will help you get up to speed quickly, even on some of the rarer parts.

Check it out now!

Agile project lifecycles video 1. The different type of project life cycles – Waterfall, Iterative, Incremental, Agile (and Hybrid)

2. When to use Agile, Waterfall, Iterative or Incremental project approaches

3. The Agile Manifesto and Mindset

4. The 12 Agile Clarifying Principles

The Agile Core Practices

5. The Whole Team Approach

6. Early and Frequent Feedback

7. The Daily Stand Up

8. Retrospectives

9. Release and Iteration Planning

10. Collaborative User Story Creation

11. Demonstrations and Reviews

12. Continuous Integration

13. Servant Leadership

Agile and Lean Frameworks

14. Agile Frameworks – Scrum

15. Agile Frameworks – Kanban

16. Agile Frameworks – XP, Extreme Programming

17. Agile Frameworks – Feature Driven Development

18. Agile Frameworks – Crystal

19. Auxiliary Agile Frameworks – DSDM, AUP, BDD

20. Scaling Frameworks – SoS, SAFe, LeSS, Enterprise Scrum, Disciplined Agile

21. Agile Delivery – Team Charter, Burndown charts

22. Evolving the Organisation into Agile

I hope you enjoy! – David McLachlan

Get the Leadership Card Deck or the Five Minute Lean Book:

View All The Leadership Cards (48)

- or - Have the Leadership Cards delivered for your next meeting

Want to learn about Lean? Get the book "Five Minute Lean", by David McLachlan - a wonderful book that blends teaching of the tools, culture and philosophy of traditional Lean with a modern-day Lean parable. You can get the whole book on Amazon here and enjoy your own copy.

Early and Frequent Feedback – The Agile Practice Guide

October 22, 2019Agileagile, agile practice guide, agile project management, early and frequent feedback, pmp, project management instituteDavid McLachlan

– Back to the Agile Practice Guide (all) –

Core Agile Practices

There are certain core Agile practices that, when you do them with your team, they increase your team’s engagement and results. You also don’t need to call yourself “Agile” – if you are doing some or all of these Agile core practices then you could class yourself as an Agile team, and you will no doubt already know the benefits they bring.

This particular core practice is “Early and Frequent Feedback”.

Check out the video and article now!

Early and Frequent Feedback

When you’re working on an Agile project or delivering in an Agile way, your projects will usually have short iterations. These short iterations are usually time-boxed pieces of work from two to four weeks, where you deliver something or showcase something for feedback. By releasing something in short cycles what we’re actually doing is enabling a project team to receive early and continuous feedback on the product’s quality throughout the development life cycle.

Continue reading Early and Frequent Feedback – The Agile Practice Guide →

When to Use Agile, Waterfall, Iterative or Incremental Project Life Cycles

October 11, 2019Agileagile, agile methodology, agile practice guide, agile project management, David McLachlan, incremental, iterative, pmp, project lifecycles, project management institute, waterfallDavid McLachlan

– Back to the Agile Practice Guide (all) –

Project Life Cycle Deep Dive!

Do you know when to use Agile, and when to use Waterfall? Do you know the difference and benefit of using iterations versus increments, or both? From the Agile Practice Guide from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Agile Alliance, we look at the four types of Project Lifecycles and the best times to use them.

Check out the video below now!

We’re looking at the characteristics of project life cycles from the Agile Practice Guide from the Project Management Institute and Agile Alliance.

Previously we’ve looked at the different types of life cycles. We’ve got the predictive life cycle which is your traditional waterfall approach – very step-by-step.

We’ve got an iterative approach where we’re iterating, and we’re not necessarily releasing something but we’re getting feedback on a regular basis, usually every two to four weeks.

Then we’ve got the incremental life cycle and that is where we’re actually delivering an increment to something usable that a customer can can use see feel and touch and getting that feedback as well using that approach.

Lastly the Agile approach which is both incremental and iterative so we’ve combined those two things or we’re iterating towards success building that feedback back into the product but also releasing that product on a regular basis to refine that work and to deliver frequently.

So let’s delve into the characteristics of these life cycles a little more deeply.

Continue reading When to Use Agile, Waterfall, Iterative or Incremental Project Life Cycles →