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Thank you for the suggestions. On my blog I have some tips and lessons learned about getting started with Agile. I like the topic about facilitating the transition to agile, its not easy. I'll about adding some posts around that…"
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Patrick S Merg posted a blog postAgile Thinking – Enhance Personal Productivity
It’s a tough world right now, most organizations are being asked to get more done with less. In an earlier post I talked about MoSCoW ratings as a way to prioritize user stories. MoSCoW ratings can be used to prioritize many things. Prioritizing tasks with MoSCoW ratings in a to-do is list is just one way of using Agile thinking to boost personal productivity.When I am overwhelmed I use MoSCoW to prioritize personal tasks.M - MUST do this task. In this context MUST is similar to Steven Covey’s…See More
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- Company:
- Snap-on Inc
- Job Title:
- Program Manager
- City:
- San Jose
- State:
- Ca
- Country:
- USA
- Industry:
- Manufacturing, Technology, Software, Internet
- Professional PM certifications:
- Yes
- Years in Project Management:
- 7-15
- Any other comments about yourself?
- Agile Evangelist - Project Manager - Product Manager
I am a determined, results-oriented management professional that creates, sells, and delivers high-value, innovative business software solutions. I utilize leadership, communication and interpersonal skills to build high performing agile software development teams that meet and exceed goals. I have a strong background in agile project management, leading software engineering teams and innovative product development.
Agile is more than a method, it’s a mind set...
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Driven, results-oriented management professional with a track record of success in delivering high-technology business solutions. Progressive project management and leadership experience in the area of creating and implementing business value driven IT strategies and fostering collaborative partnerships with business units. I am innovative, a self-starter, practical and knowledgeable. I have a long history of being an agent of change and progress. My career has several highlights where innovation and execution I bring to the table has made a significant and lasting positive impact both financially and operationally. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick S Merg's Blog
Agile Thinking – Enhance Personal Productivity
It’s a tough world right now, most organizations are being asked to get more done with less. In an earlier post I talked about MoSCoW ratings as a way to prioritize user stories. MoSCoW ratings can be used to prioritize many things. Prioritizing tasks with MoSCoW ratings in a to-do is list is just one way of using Agile thinking to boost personal productivity.
When I am overwhelmed I use MoSCoW to prioritize personal tasks.
M - MUST do this task. In this context MUST is… Continue
When I am overwhelmed I use MoSCoW to prioritize personal tasks.
M - MUST do this task. In this context MUST is… Continue
Posted on February 20, 2009 at 12:25am
Agile and User Interface Mockups
Some people will argue that user interface mockups smell of big planning and have no place in agile, I disagree. Let’s face it; it’s hard for a product owner to communicate to the software development team how a software product should look and work without pictures.
A product owner that has screen mockups to work with has a powerful tool to elaborate user stories. Pictures enhance collaboration and understanding by giving the software development team an alternate method of… Continue
A product owner that has screen mockups to work with has a powerful tool to elaborate user stories. Pictures enhance collaboration and understanding by giving the software development team an alternate method of… Continue
Posted on January 29, 2009 at 10:24pm
User Story Prioritization - Part 1
Prioritizing the product backlog is an important step to make sure the agile software development team is focused on the correct set of user stories. The initial product backlog can consist from a few user stories to several hundred. Trying to prioritize several hundred user stories is a huge task that can be simplified by using MoSCoW ratings.
MoSCoW ratings defined;
M - MUST have this feature – the product will fail to meet needs without this
S - SHOULD have this feature… Continue
MoSCoW ratings defined;
M - MUST have this feature – the product will fail to meet needs without this
S - SHOULD have this feature… Continue
Posted on January 7, 2009 at 10:30am
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