Tag Archives: Project management

Agile Law Adoption: The Daily Standup

There are a LOT of gateways into making your legal team more “Agile.” One of the easiest, that you can implement TOMORROW is the “daily stand-up.” The daily stand-up is a simple way of checking in with each member of … Continue reading

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Follow This Blog : Law Dept. Management

I’ve spent the last hour or so browsing the wealth of information that is Rees Morrison’s Law Department Management Blog. In particular, I recommend the post entitled A Framework for Improved Decisions. This post, in a nice neat package, highlights … Continue reading

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Comment Repost : PMI + Agile in Document Review

I posted this to the article “Project Management in Legal Staffing Companies” on the Legal Project Management blog. The link below goes to the PMI Agile Community of Practice Wiki. Thank you for this post! Just a note that PMI … Continue reading

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Comment Repost : Facciola-Redgrave Framework

This is a long comment left on The Posse List blog tonight. I figured it was time to put some meat on the bones. It concerns the new framework outlined by Judge John M. Facciola and Jonathan M. Redgrave, Esq. … Continue reading

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Blog Response : Gauntlet

Last post before heading off to talk about Scrum at the ScrumGathering. Found this post, and had to respond because I am truly grateful for the questions and concerns raised by this post! BTW, the Litigation Ecosystem Framework will be … Continue reading

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8 Days To Go : Scrum is A Part Of Agile

Today, had a lovely conversation with a friend, who told me about “collaborative inquiry,” and reminded me to catch up on the Agile Journal. Later this week is AgileOpen Northern California, which promises to be extremely interesting, now that I’ve … Continue reading

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Good Video On Why The EDRM Fails

The EDRM has been a strong model for the early attempts to deal with ESI. The problem is that once you look at the way it has been implemented and codified, you realize that it just doesn’t work. OK, I … Continue reading

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Agile Teams, Litigation Ecosystems and Litigation Risk

Came across this wonderful statement by VersionOne of the difference between PMI-style project management and Agile. And, it gives us a great chance to introduce the Dialexica “Litigation Ecosystem Framework.” The “Litigation Ecosystem Framework,” is the way we describe the … Continue reading

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EDRM Critique : From Hand-off to Collaborative Culture

This is the beginning of, and an index to, a series of public critiques of the Socha Gelbman The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). While it takes a bit of negative energy to describe what is wrong with the EDRM, … Continue reading

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Making the Transition : The Project Manager

The process of transition to Agile methods can difficult. That’s understood. So, this blog will spend a lot of time talking about that transition and, while we’re getting up and running, it will look a lot like a quick introduction … Continue reading

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