How to Transition To Agile Project Management

Is your organization trying to use agile techniques or approaches like Scrum or Kanban for projects? Lawrence Mantrone’s article "How to Transition to Agile Project Management" discusses the growing use of agile project management methodologies, the primary reasons why they have become more popular and offers strategies and other advice for their successful implementation.

 

Beyond the Telecommuting Debate: Seven Success Factors for Virtual and Collocated Project Teams II 

This article was inspired by Yahoo's decision to end telecommuting. It discusses issues associated with the practice of telecommuting and describes seven success factors for effective team performance whether a team is virtual or collocated. It reflects Lawrence Mantrone’s experience working with technology project teams in both modes. It also integrates comments from industry experts on the topic.

 

Beyond the Telecommuting Debate: Seven Success Factors for Virtual and Collocated Project Teams III

This second part of Lawrence Mantrone’s Beyond the Telecommuting Debate article offers some advice and tips for organizations to get the best performance out of any team, whether it is collocated or virtual. It includes additional advice from industry experts interviewed about using technology to overcome communication challenges. It highlights the need for project managers to be adept in determining the best way to foster communication and collaboration among team members.

 

A Virtual Distance Primer

Virtual Distance is a concept pioneered by Karen Sobel Lojeski. It describes the various dimensions which cause psychological separation among team members and co-workers. They include, but are not limited to physical distance. This article briefly introduces and describes the concept, which was used extensively in Lawrence Mantrone’s two-part series of articles, Beyond the Telecommuting Debate: Seven Success Factors for Virtual and Collocated Teams.