Is Agile growing into a larger umbrella?

Recently I had a discussion with Alan Shalloway, the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean software development and the Lean/Agile field. He’s a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide, as well as a trainer and a coach. An excerpt from this Read More …

Scrum and Kanban equals Agile

On the Business901 Podcast I had the pleasure this week interviewing Eric Landes. Eric is an Agile Project Manager who has been using Kanban for software development since 2007. He has worked with Scrum, XP and other agile methods for over the past 5 years, and has been managing software projects for over 10 years. Read More …

The differences in Lean and Agile

Recently I had a discussion with Alan Shalloway, the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean software development and the Lean/Agile field. He’s a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide, as well as a trainer and a coach. An excerpt from this Read More …

Value Stream Map ur Customers buy Process

Below is the outline I use for a guideline to create a Value Stream Map and to mimic a customer’s buying process. I have written many times and have an eBook (Mirror Marketing) on the subject that you should Mirror your customers buying process in developing your marketing strategy and tactics. I choose this flow Read More …

Providing Clarity to your Marketing Process

One purpose of Value Stream Marketing is to provide clarity to an individual or organizations marketing process. This gives you the ability to walk a prospect through the process, understanding where they are at in the process. Typically, I have a customer add the activities or in lean terms map the process he uses to Read More …