agile
I recently chatted with Tom Cagley on the Software Process and Measurement Podcast (SPaMCAST) about some of my experience helping scale operations at Halfaker using best practices from various business books (e.g. Good to Great), frameworks (e.g. CMMI), techniques (e.g. Agile Scrum), and tools (e.g. JIRA)
agile
Here's a list of books, podcasts, conferences, frameworks, methodologies, models, and other resources related to designing and building great organizations that I think are worth checking out. If you have any recommended additions, please email or send me a tweet. Books, Frameworks, and Standards Resource Key Takeaways Additional
agile
Early in my career, I was a leadership development conference (through Lockheed's great Engineering Leadership Development Program), where we played a game called Gold of the Desert Kings -- it was a group game, in a big event space ballroom packed with engineers from all over the country.
miscellaneous
If you're trying to figure out how to pick what type of job to do next, whether you're starting your career or making an change during your career, Richard Bolles' "What Color is Your Parachute?" book are a great resource. They've
CIO
Microsoft recently posted 3 ways to outsmart shadow IT, which talks some technology ways that CIOs can fight against Shadow IT (when employees use technologies not provided/controlled by the company to do their work, such as Dropbox or Gmail). While security of company information is incredibly important, and Shadow
agile
Organizations must intentionally determine how opinionated their collaboration tools (business systems) should be, to align with their culture and business model. Opinionated tools align well with top-down organizational cultures, while non-opinionated tools align well with decentralized, self-organizing cultures. Organizations struggle at each extreme: 1. Top-down organizations struggle to scale effectively,
agile
I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's a great event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
agile
I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's an interesting event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
miscellaneous
I finally found the iOS podcast app I've been looking for, for months (certainly not a life-threatening problem to complain about) -- thanks to a great recommendation from Tom Cagley. I figured I should ask him, as he's an accomplished podcast host (focused on how technology
miscellaneous
(Blinkist is a service that summarizes books into short text and audio (15 minute) summaries -- they're great, and I thought I'd offer them some unsolicited product management feedback) Hey Blinkist, I've been loving my subscription, and I wanted to share some of my
productivity
This morning I got to share IT infrastructure, business strategy, and business architecture tips and recommendations with some local current and future entrepreneurs at The Capitol Post in Old Town Alexandria. Capitol Post is a great organization focused on inspiring Veteran entrepreneurs to find professional clarity and scale those visions.
miscellaneous
While it's a gross oversimplification to say that I draw (I use the term "draw" loosely) on a whiteboard for a living, it's amazing to reflect on how much of my time is spent using a whiteboard for all kinds of things (most of