tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post1812324524489194211..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: When did Scrum start loving project managers?allan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-4868089497580128412014-01-09T11:03:23.458+00:002014-01-09T11:03:23.458+00:00I agree with pretty much everything you say here. ...I agree with pretty much everything you say here. To deliver the greatest amount of value in the shortest amount of time, Scrum promotes prioritization and Time-boxing over fixing the scope, cost and schedule of a project. An important feature of Scrum is self-organization, which allows the individuals who are actually doing the work to estimate and take ownership of tasks.You can learn the agile way of managing project through http://www.scrumstudy.com/.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-14966227951420838742014-01-09T11:02:05.748+00:002014-01-09T11:02:05.748+00:00Nice information. PMP study corroborated with simi...Nice information. PMP study corroborated with similar studies on the improved communication between the development of greater leadership quality awareness and stakeholders, with formal training courses helping attendees understand the material discussed in team and stakeholder meetings. Many respondents viewed professional certification & its free resources like http://www.pmstudy.com/PMP-Free-Resources.asp as a necessary part of progression in this field by equipping project managers with an in-depth knowledge of a successful project’s attributes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-15141053660813223842012-03-08T17:31:54.284+00:002012-03-08T17:31:54.284+00:00Most developers can understand issues from more th...Most developers can understand issues from more than one perspective (other than their own) if given a chance. However most managers/PMs don't communicate about external issues sufficiently well enough to have a discussion with understanding. They often contribute to dysfunction via short term, knee jerk steps.<br /><br />ceezone.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/manager-leave-the-team-alone/srinivashttp://ceezone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1198663946130617582011-06-27T16:18:58.496+01:002011-06-27T16:18:58.496+01:00As a former project manager, release manager, and ...As a former project manager, release manager, and sometime-scrum master, I've always felt that the anti-project manager sentiment in Scrum was directed at the personality traits common to many who fall into the PMI-style project manager role. That is, many PMP's tend to be technically naive, overly-process-driven control freaks. Scrum aside, this makes them hard to work with -- but it clashes directly with the traits of a good scrum master.<br /><br />I hope this interplay signals a wake-up from the PMI, and they can do more to produce project managers who respect the teams they work with and collaborate on solutions.Garrett Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907794333122041209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-33104283265601379432011-06-27T10:11:10.656+01:002011-06-27T10:11:10.656+01:00Thanks for the comment Kim, I'm sure the PMI&#...Thanks for the comment Kim, I'm sure the PMI's thinking has changed over time. What would be interest to see is a summary of what it was, how it has changed and where it has not. I for one would find that very interesting.allan kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-50121454363682847342011-06-24T19:19:47.045+01:002011-06-24T19:19:47.045+01:00Did the thinking of the Scrum people change? I hop...Did the thinking of the Scrum people change? I hope not. But hopefully the thinking of the PMI people did change over time. When I read the PMBoK once, I got the impression that project management, as seen by the PMI, is pretty much about processes and tools. That the PMI is now giving points to Scrum Master trainings might be an indication, that they're finally realizing that there is much more to successful project management (i.e. the psychological 'individuals and interaction' thing) and that even a traditionally managed team could benefit from agile values.<br /><br />About that comparing Scrum Masters/Project Managerst thing. Both roles have a lot of similar responsibilities and it is therefore only natural to compare them. However, the way these responsibilities are fulfilled should be very different so naming these two roles differently and pointing out that a Scrum Master is not a project manager is a good psychological trick to point out, that you can't just continue your PMI/project manager thig plus standups and iterations to be a Scrum Master, but you have to change your way of thinking. Even if in the long run a lot of things will end up being very similar.Kim Hagedornhttp://ihave.nohomepage.yet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-73986955962648799862011-06-23T13:35:07.378+01:002011-06-23T13:35:07.378+01:00I think the answers can be found in Jurgen Appelo&...I think the answers can be found in Jurgen Appelo's excellent book Management 3.0. He says that project manager is a role, and not an authority. The change in the view about project management, and the leadership at all (the managers become servant leaders) is the reason of this shift in scrum views as well.Maxim Krizhanovskyhttp://linkedin.com/in/darhazernoreply@blogger.com