10 Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers to Follow on Twitter: Updated for 2021
24 April 2021
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This is a select list of agile project management thought leaders and influencers on Twitter. We started with over 220 prominent accounts and we got it down to the top 10. We're transparent about the criteria for making this list, so here's how we did it. To qualify, Twitter accounts were required to meet all of the following characteristics:
- account is for a person or a professional association,
- account is 3 or more years old,
- account is active (defined as 1 or more tweets in the last 30 days),
- 1,000 or more tweets,
- 7,000 or more followers,
- 90% or more of tweets have engagement (e.g., likes and retweets), and
- Tweets were retweeted 0.75 or more times on average.
The list is sorted by engagement level (weighted at 4) and the sub-factor of average retweets per tweet (weighted at 1). In cases where multiple accounts have the same engagement level or average retweets, the number of followers breaks the tie. Data source: Twitter. Data is as of April 24, 2021. Disclosure: Scott M. Graffius is the author of Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions. Source of screen shot images: respective Twitter accounts. Names, marks, and images are the property of their respective owners. Here are the top 10 accounts meeting all of the criteria described above.
#1
Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Name: Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Twitter handle: @pminstitute
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/pminstitute
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Our mission—Making you and your projects more successful."
- Account is 12 years old
- 269 tweets in the last 30 days
- 25,331 tweets
- 131,844 followers
- 100% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 2.78 times on average
- Project Management Institute (@PMInstitute) placed 1st
#2
Scott M. Graffius
- Name: Scott M. Graffius
- Twitter handle: @scottgraffius
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/scottgraffius
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Agile project mgmt. practitioner and consultant. CEO @Exceptional_LLC. Author @AgileScrumGuide. International speaker. Named a top thought leader & influencer."
- Account is 11 years old
- 275 tweets in the last 30 days
- 6,222 tweets
- 8,423 followers
- 100% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 3.44 times on average
- Scott M. Graffius (@scottgraffius) placed 2nd
#3
Jeff Sutherland
- Name: Jeff Sutherland
- Twitter handle: @jeffsutherland
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/jeffsutherland
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Co-Creator of #Scrum and #ScrumatScale and Signatory of the #AgileManifesto"
- Account is 13 years old
- 1 tweets in the last 30 days
- 2,537 tweets
- 51,129 followers
- 98% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 10.25 times on average
- Jeff Sutherland (@jeffsutherland) placed 3rd
#4
Scrum Alliance
- Name: Scrum Alliance
- Twitter handle: @scrumalliance
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ScrumAlliance
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "We are Transforming the World of Work. Since 2001, we have supported the agile movement as the only member-driven nonprofit certifying body in the agile space."
- Account is 12 years old
- 55 tweets in the last 30 days
- 10,142 tweets
- 60,437 followers
- 98% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 2.44 times on average
- Scrum Alliance (@ScrumAlliance) placed 4th
#5
Mike Cohn
- Name: Mike Cohn
- Twitter handle: @mikewcohn
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/mikewcohn
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "I'm an agile software development consultant, trainer, author and practitioner. I blog at http://mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog #MGSClasses"
- Account is 12 years old
- 16 tweets in the last 30 days
- 5,288 tweets
- 49,137 followers
- 97% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 7.66 times on average
- Mike Cohn (@mikewcohn) placed 5th
#6
Alistair Cockburn
- Name: Alistair Cockburn
- Twitter handle: @TotherAlistair
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/TotherAlistair
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Chaotic-good Lawful-neutral project witchdoctor. Bard. Dancer, specialty massage, poet. Sits underwater. Playful, wreaks havoc on the unsuspecting."
- Account is 12 years old
- 74 tweets in the last 30 days
- 32,299 tweets
- 30,044 followers
- 96% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 1.62 times on average
- Alistair Cockburn (@TotherAlistair) placed 6th
#7
Lisa Crispin
- Name: Lisa Crispin
- Twitter handle: @lisacrispin
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/lisacrispin
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Now available, Amazon & LeanPub: _Agile Testing Condensed_! See http://AgileTestingFellow.com, http://agiletester.ca, She/her. Let's succeed w continuous delivery together."
- Account is 13 years old
- 383 tweets in the last 30 days
- 140,849 tweets
- 20,088 followers
- 96% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 0.78 times on average
- Lisa Crispin (@lisacrispin) placed 7th
#8
Roman Pichler
- Name: Roman Pichler
- Twitter handle: @romanpichler
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/romanpichler
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Product management expert. Author of 'How to Lead in Product Managment’, ‘Strategize', and 'Agile Product Management with Scrum.'"
- Account is 11 years old
- 3 tweets in the last 30 days
- 1,882 tweets
- 15,188 followers
- 94% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 8.7 times on average
- Roman Pichler (@romanpichler) placed 8th
#9
PM Voices
- Name: PM Voices
- Twitter handle: @pmvoices
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/pmvoices
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "Insights on all things PM, created by and for project practitioners"
- Account is 12 years old
- 61 tweets in the last 30 days
- 11,296 tweets
- 53,205 followers
- 95% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 1.33 times on average
- PM Voices (@PMvoices) placed 9th
#10
Agile Alliance
- Name: Agile Alliance
- Twitter handle: @agilealliance
- Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/agilealliance
- Bio/description as shown on Twitter account: "#Agile Alliance is a global nonprofit membership organization dedicated to people and organizations that apply the values and principles of the #AgileManifesto"
- Account is 11 years old
- 98 tweets in the last 30 days
- 10,526 tweets
- 35,036 followers
- 90% of tweets have engagement
- Tweets were retweeted 1.84 times on average
- Agile Alliance (@AgileAlliance) placed 10th
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