rickfreedman, Author at TechRepublic

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Bio

Rick Freedman is the author of three books on IT consulting, including "The IT Consultant." Rick is an independent consultant and trainer, working, through his company Consulting Strategies Inc., to help agile teams and organizations understand agile practices and migrate successfully.

Latest from rickfreedman

Project Management

PMI-ACP: Why you should care about this agile cert

We speak with agile expert and author Mike Griffiths about why agilists should care about this exam from PMI. Get details about his test prep book for the PMI-ACP.

CXO

Agile strategic planning and innovation at Pandora

Internet radio service Pandora's CTO and VP Tom Conrad describes how the company's agile strategic planning process diverged from the traditional, annual, all-hands product planning session.

Project Management

The connection between Agile estimation and roadmap development

When the Agile development mindset runs head-on into the traditional methods of project planning and budgeting, here are three things you can do.

CXO

Mitigate project role confusion for staff wearing multiple hats

If you expect your developers or contractors to take on business analyst or project manager roles, here are three ways to help them be effective and stay motivated.

After Hours

An agile management success story: Interview with Glu Mobile’s CEO

Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo De Masi opens up about the challenges of running an agile enterprise in the mobile gaming space.

Developer

Apply positive agile development roadmap practices in your organization

The view of agile development as a simple methodology shift is a predictor of failure, according to Rick Freedman. Read his four tips on applying positive agile roadmap practices.

Start-Ups

Applying agile concepts at HomeAway

HomeAway's VP of Engineering Jack Yang comments on how the company embraced agile and made it a core value, the real business advantage of agile thinking, and more.

CXO

Agile grows up and new challenges emerge

The conversation shift from "why should we adopt agile?" to "how can we adapt to agile across the enterprise?" presents a new set of cultural and tactical challenges.

Banking

Why ‘Value Dials’ is a game-changing concept in portfolio management

Learn how disciplined portfolio management helps organizations select and deliver the right projects to fulfill their strategic goals.

After Hours

The Evolution of Zynga’s zCloud: Interview with CTO of Infrastructure, Allan Leinwand

Rick Freedman's extensive interview with Allan Leinwand, the CTO of Infrastructure for Zynga, yields important insights for successfully implementing a hybrid cloud infrastructure on a large scale.

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