Engaging in Agile – the more the merrier?

As a project manager and scrum master, I often get the question – why do suppliers sometimes offer a separate engagement (or contract) manager on top of the one or more Agile teams that are asked for in a request for proposal? In Agile environments, teams are self-organized, and the product owner is the only person in the team that makes decisions on scope and delivering the most business value with the available budget. So, why in some cases is such an engagement manager still added to the service offering?

Ideal iteration length in agile projects

A question that always pops up when you start an agile project, is what is the ideal iteration length for this project. As always in agile the correct answer is "it depends". But on what?

Schizophrenia in agile projects

In quite a number of projects the project manager is asked to play the role of Scrum master or agile coach as well. These roles have a different project goal and point of view. Can fulfilling both roles lead to schizophrenia?

Management in agile projects

In Scrum there are two management roles: the Scrum Master and the Product Owner. In other methodologies the project manager role is also known. How do and can they coexist?