Quality & Collaboration = Quallaboration

Jim Benson at his company Modus Cooperandi combines Lean principles from manufacturing, Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best known for his seminal work, Personal Kanban. Download PDF Transcript of Podcast Note: This is a transcription of a podcast. It has not gone Read More …

Should Agile be used as Your Portfolio Manager?

A part 2 of yesterday’s blog postbased on this related podcast and transcription: Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train. Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. An excerpt from the podcast: Joe: When we go into Read More …

Keys to Building a Lean Agile Software Enterprise

Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. Related Podcast and Transcription: Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:  What are the keys to building a Lean-Agile software enterprise? Dean:  Working towards Read More …

Can You Assign Work Better?

Jim Benson returns to the Business901 podcast next week. His company Modus Cooperandi combine Lean principles from manufacturing, Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best known for his seminal work, Personal Kanban. He is @ourfounder on Twitter. Our conversation centered on his new Read More …

Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train

Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. You can find Dean at  http://www.leffingwell.org and  http://scalingsoftwareagility.wordpress.com/ Dean’s Books (Amazon): Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises and Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, Read More …

Agile Software Development at Xerox

Pat Waara has been with Xerox for nearly 25 years. He has both a BS and an MS in computer science from Michigan Technological University. He has held a variety of jobs at Xerox, including developing user interface systems for Xerox’s DocuTech and Systems Architect for Xerox’s iGen3, all dealing with software development and systems. Read More …