Author: Robert Pieper

Is Agile right for you?
Not all companies need to be agile companies. What does it really mean to be an agile company and how do you know if you need to be one? Watch this video to find out!

What is Technical Debt?
Technical debt is a plague on software development in companies big and small. But what is it? what problems does it cause? how to we remove it? watch this to find out.

Robert Pieper – Financing Agile Delivery with Forecasts – PMI Global Conference 2019 – Philadelphia, PA
Have you ever wondered if there is a better way to fund and monitor agile delivery? Traditional methods of annual budgeting often miss the mark. If you missed the PMI Global Conference in 2019, don’t worry. you can see Robb’s talk on agile financing recorded live in this video.

Let the Agile Rebellion Begin
If you can hear this, you are the resistance. I’m going to make a bold statement. Traditional development is dead in the software industry, but it just doesn’t know it yet. A rebellion was started long ago, and we’ve been fighting a decades-long war against the Waterfall Imperial Army. A line was finally drawn in…

What’s a manager’s role on a Scrum team?
Did you know the word “Manager” does not show up once in the Scrum Guide? If I were a manager in a fortune 500 organization with a mortgage and two kids in college, I’d be concerned for my job. In this blog post, I’ll explain how it’s possible for managers to work with Scrum teams…