Agile is a mindset not a methodology

Agile is a hot word in software development and there are many articles written about Agile, or not so Agile, software development. Most articles focus on the methodology but Mark W. Schumann has written an interesting blog post that looks at what is required for success with Agile development. One of the interesting points is that Agile is really an attitude or a mindset. He explains this in the article here, found here.

Project management – the essential

Just been on a programme management course, the MSP flavour, but I came across this article that describes the essential of project management, a good reminder and should be given to all junior/new project managers in any program in my view.

We should not forget the projects are delivering the capabilities the programs use to deliver the benefits, so projects are important for programmes – even it is easy to focus more on the big picture outlined at the programme level