In many organizations, Program Management Offices, or the group that some may think is central to organizational change, have been facing many headwinds over the past several years. As an organization grows and takes on new ventures, it’s often the PMO that steps out front to coordinate, implement process management, and report back to leadership…
When it comes to software development a common question that always arises is “how do we estimate our work?” especially in an agile environment. Estimating is one of the most widely debated areas of technology and being “agile” – everyone has their own opinion and approach, so there is never a “one size fits all”…
Ever since the debut of the waterfall project management technique and the famed software development lifecycle, people have been hooked on estimating software development activities. Many of my fellow agilists and product managers still find comfort in the estimation of individual tasks in this line of work. When we start going down this path of…
And Pave the Way for Innovation This post first appeared on Capital One’s tech blog here, and any opinions are those of the individual authors. When you hear the word ‘hackathon’ you probably picture a group of college students coding all night in an energy drink fog for the chance to win prizes. But hackathons are…
How Capital One is Building Better Software and Rethinking Scrum By Sean Miller, Sr. Manager, Agile Program Lead & Bill Roberts, Director, Agile Coach This post first appeared on Capital One’s tech blog here, and any opinions are those of the individual authors. Change is constant in the world we live in, and that’s no different inside…