Month: June 2008

Agile Project Management, Events, Leadership

The APLN Seattle Leadership Summit

The APLN Seattle Leadership Summit is shaping up to be quite the learning event. Here are some of the highlights: Collaboration Games by Luke Hohmann and Allan Shalloway Kanban by David Anderson and Corey Ladas Scrum by Brent Barton and Lance Young Getting Started with Agile by Mitch Lacey and Julie Chickering Writing Agile Contracts by Bruce Eckfeldt and Jim Benson Agile Program Management by Mike Griffiths and Mike Cottmeyer Real Option Theory by Chris Matts and Olav Maassen Agile User Experience by Arlen Bankston and Jeff Patten The program also includes two leadership keynotes by: Lisa Haneberg, author of seven books including 10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager and Two Weeks to a Breakthrough. John Yuzdepski, a partner […]

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Agile Project Management, Metrics, Planning

A Better S Curve and Simplified EVM

“S Curves” are great to track project spend. They are simple to interpret and quickly let us see if we are over or under budget.    However, we could be doing fine spend wise, but behind from a schedule perspective. This is where Tracking Gantt charts come in and show schedule.   Yet, Gantt charts lack the spend component. Pretty soon most projects get ahead or behind in spend and time and so trying to gauge the overall project health becomes difficult. This is why Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and Earned Value Management (EVM) were created, combining both spend and progress variables to produce a comprehensive set of project measures and metrics. However, there begins the problem. What’s Bad about […]

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