Archives for category: Global

Fixed Price, Agile And Outsourced. Utopia?

January 14, 10 //
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Ever heard of a fixed price agile method for outsourcing? Sounds like utopia, but with a closer look it makes sense. It’s about agility, a proper governance model, and, as always, communication, communication and communication.

In this episode of “The Project Shrink” I have the pleasure of talking to Alec Miloslavsky, CEO of Exigen Services. His company developed Flex-agility: an outsourced, fixed price, Agile-based application development offering.

We discuss

  • flex-agility,
  • how do you balance scope changes and a fixed budget, and
  • how to handle communication between customer and outsourcing partner with changes occurring and the price fixed.

You can view the video below… or follow this link to YouTube.com.

Project Management In Colombia With Alberto Dominguez

January 14, 10 //
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In this episode of Project Shrink video chat I’m talking with Alberto Domínguez, PMP. Alberto works as a Software Project Manager in Colombia and is author of the blog Simple Projectz. We talk about project management in Colombia. If you are doing international projects you must check out the interview.

You can view the video below… or follow this link to YouTube.com.

Successful Virtual Teams With Jessica Lipnack

January 14, 10 //
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If you want to know stuff, you go to the experts. So, when you want to know how to work successfully in virtual teams, you go to Jessica Lipnack.

She is CEO of NetAge, a company she cofounded and runs with Jeff Stamps. For three decades, Jessica and Jeff have provided expertise and tools that allow their clients to collaborate more effectively. They have written six books, including the landmark “Virtual Teams“.

It may not come as a surprise that my video chat with Jessica is all about running virtual teams, the role of management and how to prepare managers to lead virtual teams.

This is an episode in a series of video chats I will be having this year; brief but intense conversations with experts from around the world.

You can view the video below… or follow this link to YouTube.com.

I also highly recommend this free 1hour webinar from Jessica called “Leading Virtual Teams: Managing When People Are At A Distance“.

Working In Japan With Kimberly Wiefling

January 14, 10 //
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This is the first episode of many video chats I will be having this year. A brief but intense conversation with experts from around the world.

These are called “video chats”, so don’t expect high quality video productions… it’s just Skype and my iMac.

We kick off with the winner of the 2008 Shrinkie … Kimberly Wiefling…. woooohoooo!

Kimberly is the author of “Scrappy Project Management” and an international consultant. I talked with her on Skype about working in Japan and Mexico.

You can view the video below… or follow this link to YouTube.com.

If you have any request, or suggestion for people you want to see and hear, just drop a comment below.