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Are you old enough to remember the aerobics craze in the ’80s? Denise Austin donned her leotard and leg warmers, and Richard Simmons sweat...

Despite the fact that business analysis provides HUGE benefits to agile teams, it's still rare to find teams that know how to maximize...

When I sat down in a Canadian hotel room to write this article, I had a completely different topic in mind—a rant about the length of TSA...

  Is your project’s red-yellow-green status for requirements based on percentage complete of the requirements document?...

Tight timelines put pressure on the entire project team. When the project plan dictates unreasonable durations, BAs become document...

Dead air and chirping crickets--is that what you hear when someone asks a question during virtual meetings? It's frustrating for the...

Agile was born out of a conversation about what works well in software development. It wasn’t meant to be a dramatically “new” way of...

Agile planning includes more than just task-based planning before each iteration. It's the value-driven planning associated with the...

As the year draws to a close, it seems natural to pause and take a look backwards. Instead of beating ourselves up for the...

After a fall filled with work travel, I am so happy to be HOME for the holidays! It's truly time for reflection, celebration and maybe...

  One of the most overlooked factors of project success or failure is the health the project’s backlog. How does your project team...

I've been on the road this fall, sharing my "Face the Strange" message with conference attendees across the United States. Inspired by...