I sometimes notice that people get confused implementing PRINCE2 and/or Scrum. Especially PRINCE2 is notorious for the amount of processes and artifacts. Scrum is much more free format, but also with Scrum people seem to lose track over what's really important. So...
Lean PRINCE2 presentation @BPUGNL 2014 (Dutch)
Below you'll find my presentation on Lean applied to project management which I gave last June at the Dutch BPUGNL seminar. have fun! Lean PRINCE2, projectmanagement is waste (maar noodzakelijk) from Martin van Borselaer
New cool video on leadership: Greatness
Today I found a new cool video on the leadership subject. Inno-Versity created an Inno-Mation based on the book by former US submarine captain David Marquet in which he explains how he turned his submarine from the worst to the best performing vessel in the US Navy....
Calculating planning uncertainty for agile projects (Excel 2010 template included)
I'm a great believer in visual management. I love brown papers with sticky notes and lots of charts. That's also why I love spreadsheets. Not because I think you can manage projects by crunching data, but spreadsheets give me the opportunity to visualize the project's...
New Whitebook (Dutch): Agile releaseplanning met PRINCE2 toleranties en Scrum Business Value
Last Friday my latest Whitebook was published, called 'Agile release planning with PRINCE2 tolerances and Scrum Business Value'. It's in Dutch. For my international readers I'll try to post an English translation soon.
Excel template for agile projectplanning with Scrum
Due to great demand I'd like to share my Excel template for agile project planning with you. Though each project has it's own needs, I'll usually take the following into account when planning agile projects: Velocity Past team performance, expressed in number of Story...
New cool video: The Marshmallow Challenge
Recently I found another cool video. Again on TED. This video is about an exercise called "The Marshmallow Challenge". In eighteen minutes, teams of four must build the tallest freestanding structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape,...
How to create a Gantt Chart in Excel 2007, 2010 or 2016
Previously I posted an Excel Gantt Chart template for Excel 2007 (or 2010). The template works great as is, but it's hard to reproduce on your own. Here's the step by step instruction: Create the chart data For this example I use the following data: Task Startdate...
Tips for lowering the agile adoption threshold
Yesterday I participated in a Dutch Agile Government Open Space meeting. The theme of this session was 'Agile & ICT Policy'. One of the speakers was Brigitte van den Burg. She is one of our Lower House representatives and within her party responsible for the Dutch...
Slides seminar “Lean & Agile IT” published (Dutch)
Yesterday we had our seminar Lean & Agile IT. At this seminar we explained that Lean principles and Agile practices are complementary and can lead to better results. We not only applied these principles and practices to product development (like Scrum), but also...