What You Do Is Not Why You Do It

by Jesse Fewell | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog

There is a pattern I’m seeing over and over again with professionals, and particularly project management, or agile people, and that is that we confuse what we do with why we do it. Let me tell you what I mean. A lot of project managers who want to help execute...

Hate is not Agile

by Jesse Fewell | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog

Here’s what’s on my mind today. I don’t know if you’ve heard a lot of this Agile talk about it transforming the world of work to be more collaborative and more value-focused, but I’m hearing a lot of people blowing smoke about how...

Beware Crowd Funding

by Jesse Fewell | Jun 18, 2017 | Blog

https://youtu.be/dGc_gcYQAA4I wanted to talk a little bit this morning about innovation. In the world of innovation, one of the hot topics is Crowd Funding. It’s popular, because you can get lots of money to fund your project, and then you’ve got market...

Washington Techies Hold Retrospective on Healthcare.gov

by Jesse Fewell | Nov 19, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized

Last night, I attended the Washington DC Scrum User Group’s monthly meeting, where a group of 25 technology professionals talked about the Healthcare.gov crisis. There’s been a lot of debate in traditional media as to why the website project incurred so...

Latest News About the PMI Agile (PMI-ACP) Certification

by Jesse Fewell | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized

Since PMI announced its Agile certification program a couple months back, there has been a ton of activity. Here are some specifics: Chatter – The PMI Agile Community about the certification has featured some good dialog (PMI Members only link) about what it...