http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/ PMI Agile Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:17:49 GMT donnareed7 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/854 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/854 If you want a HANDS-ON WORKSHOP....learn how to scope a project when info is low and requirements are evolving. Quickly define a release plan, prioritize Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:24:28 GMT Fewell, Jesse http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/853 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/853 This user has been banned. In case you're wondering, this forum is intentionally wide open to PM-related contributions. These occasional spam messages are Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:48:27 GMT girliefpchick http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/852 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/852 You have received an important Message! Check your message here: http://luisangel.zoomshare.com/files/invite.htm Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:45:57 GMT girliefpchick http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/851 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/851 You have received an important Message! Check your message here: http://luisangel.zoomshare.com/files/invite.htm Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:04:20 GMT Margaret Motamed http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/850 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/850 I think it helps to meet with sponsors offline and ask them, interview them, about what they need/want from the team or the project. And why. Sort of help Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:01:10 GMT donnareed7 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/849 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/849 (1/22) VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ? Virtual Teams: The Communication Connection This is the 1st of 5 courses to acheive the "Certified Virtual Team Professional". If Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:57:27 GMT Stephen Denning http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/848 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/848 Very interesting discussion. Dean writes: “It takes time to change minds and hearts.” It’s an important point that this is about changing minds and Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:29:38 GMT Donna Reed http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/847 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/847 . How have you dealt with difficult sponsors that worked well? It is so important to hone our soft people skills to deal with those difficult people on the Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:40:16 GMT Mike Cottmeyer http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/846 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/846 Michael, I'm glad you vetted my comment with Bas. To give him context, the program manager I referred to was Petri Haapio. He had pics with Bas and Craig so I Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:58:56 GMT Dean http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/845 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/845 Nice discussion all. I've been following silently for a bit. Thought I'd put in my 2 cents. Enterprise Agile is hard. It takes time to change minds and hearts. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:41:56 GMT Michael James http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/844 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/844 In the past few releases of ScrumWorks Pro we've added a lot of support for very large clients coordinating the work of multiple teams. Some of this is Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:36:47 GMT Michael James http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/843 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/843 Mike, I forwarded that feedback to Bas Vodde, who is on too many mailing lists already, but asked me to send the response below (after my signature). It's Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:15:44 GMT s_yanakiev http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/842 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/842 Very interesting discussion! Big organizations are complex structures and changing them in any direction is not easy at all. They also run different projects, Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:03:30 GMT Brad Murphy http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/841 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/841 Guys, I've rarely seen Matrixing result in anything good when it comes to accountability in larger organizations... even "light weight" matrixing. -brad ... -- Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:57:13 GMT Mike Cottmeyer http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/840 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmiagile/message/840 The root of the accountability problem is matrixing. We matrix people and we matrix technology components. Excessive matrixing breaks accountability. So on