Past, Present and Yet to Come
Silence here doesn’t really mean I did nothing (hey, after all, my blog is and never will be that important). In this post a quick overview of the year and a small peek into the future (I borrowed the title of the post from Charles Dickens - it’s almost Christmas anyway).
On a personal level, I have seen Emmy grow from a little baby to a small girl who already walks around the house (a little shaky, but still). Leontien found another employer, Capgemini, where she will be very busy consulting public organizations about their business processes.
Professionally, I became a Prince2 Practitioner. Prince2 is the de-facto standard methodology for project management (founded in the UK, used worldwide). It was a 3-hour essay based exam, but I made it. I also certified myself as a ScrumMaster, which basically means I attended a two day training.
Scrum is a framework for iterative, incremental development in cross-functional, self-managing teams. I’m impressed and kept reading on the subject since (Agile Project Management with Scrum, The Enterprise and Scrum, Agile Estimating and Planning, Lean Software Development). As far as I’m concerned, this is the way to make software. Who needs waterfall anymore?
In the near future, I’ll definitely keep extending my knowledge and skills on Scrum and project management and try to share my findings here every once in a while.
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