Managing Scrum of Scrums

Jon M. Quigley PMP CTFL has nearly twenty five years of product development experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software through verification and project management. He holds multiple degrees, seven patents, has authored and contributed to numerous books and magazine articles as well as teaching and speaker at technical schools, universities and conferences on a variety Read More …

When Do You Use Scrum Versus Waterfall

Jon M. Quigley PMP CTFL is a principal and founding member of Value Transformation, a product development training and cost improvement organization established in 2009. He has nearly twenty five years of product development experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software through verification and project management. He holds multiple degrees, seven patents, has authored and Read More …

Limitations to Dialogue Mapping?

In last week’s podcast (Podcast and transcription: Shared Understanding with Dialogue Mapping) , I asked KC Burgess Yakemovic of Cognexus Group that question: Joe:   One of the things that challenges me when I’m looking at it is that I’m not sure let’s say how often I would use it or what’s the limitations to Dialogue Read More …

Does Original 7 Quality Tools Still Fit?

Prior to his early retirement, Brian Joiner was Chairman and co-owner of Joiner Associates, a nationally recognized management consulting firm. Prior to Joiner Associates, Brian was a UW professor. He is the author of Fourth Generation Management and co-author with Peter Scholtes of The Team Handbook, published by Joiner Associates and one of the best-selling Read More …

True Deming, I open up a Scholtes book

In 1999, poor health forced Peter Scholtes to retire from conducting seminars and consulting. Peter asked Kelly L. Allan, Senior Associate of Kelly Allan Associates, to continue the seminars and consulting practice. Scholtes said, “There is much to appreciate about Kelly. His exceptional ability to combine theory with real-world implementations is perhaps what clients appreciate the Read More …

A Salute to PPD

To some, Dota 2 is just a video game. To Peter “PPD” Dager, it’s a career. Watch as PPD prepares for the biggest video game tournament to ever take place, The International 4: a 10 million dollar gaming tournament in Seattle where the best Dota 2 teams in the world compete for the largest e-sports Read More …