I write on the art of leading software development teams, projects and programmes. With a Lean-Agile slant of course. But with a growing number of posts on this site I thought I’d offer some guidance about what to read first. If you want to have a look at everything then check out the archive.

Most Popular

My most popular posts are:

• Benefits Maps: Impact mapping for programme managers
• Revisiting the Iterative Incremental Mona Lisa
• Agile: I prefer the hype to ignorance
• Epics: My Love Hate Relationship with Large User Stories
• Research on Pair Programming by Professionals
• Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies – Don’t Get Smacked in the Face
• Three talents of great project managers
• The Fallacy of Control within Project and Programme Management
• Build less, Start sooner, Innovate constantly
• Continuous delivery is inevitable
• Journalism Portal: My lean startup in the BBC

My What do I do when … ? series is also popular.

Agile Programme Management

Now days I’m focused on agile programme management so many of my posts are on this theme:

• Difference between programme, project, portfolio and product management
• Three Threads within Agile Programme Management: Transformation, Alignment, Adaptation
• What is Agile Governance?
• Three Ways to Control Scope in an Agile Programme
• A Clear Vision is Essential for Agile Programme Management
• Programme Management: Build capability, Roll it out, and Deliver Business Benefit
• Reporting Success Stories Alongside Formal Benefits
• Programme organisation for software delivery
• Agile Programme Roles and Responsibilities

Agile Project Management

If you are interested in nuts n bolts explanation of agile project management then have a look at some of these posts:

• Agile Project Management
• Agile Lifecycle / Agile Heartbeat
• Agile Roles and Responsibilities
  • Agile Programme Roles and Responsibilities
• Agile Pre-project
• Agile Project Initiation
• Agile Project Scope
  • Agile Requirements Snail: Feature to User Story to Scenario
  • User Story Format Should Not Be a Straight Jacket
  • Epics: My Love Hate Relationship with Large User Stories
• Agile Project Planning plus . . .
  • Daily Plan: Stand up to plan the day
  • When To Measure Lean-Agile Productivity, and When Not To
  • New Agile teams and the overcommitment bear trap
• Agile Project Estimating
  • Estimate To Inform Investment Decisions
• Agile Project Execution
• Agile Project Monitoring and Control
• Agile Quality Management
• Agile Risk Management plus . . .
  • Programme versus Project Risks
• Agile Change Management
• Agile Project Closure
• Agile Post-project