Jeff Patton recently reminded me of two simple strategies for software development that I’ve talked about from time to time—Build Less Software and Start Sooner. I thought I’d follow up on Jeff’s blog and revisit these simple, but powerful strategies.
First, managers and executives complain a lot about not delivering software (or any other product really) in a timely manner. In Preston Smith...
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I don’t doubt that it's possible to have an organization without traditional managers. I’ve read about Semco and Morningstar Farms. I’ve talked to people who work at Gore. My...
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It’s time for another Agile game that you coaches, trainers and ScrumMasters out there can use to educate your teams. This is a fast, easy and physically...
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I remember sitting in a project meeting back when I worked for a Big Company. The project manager, Ted, announced the top three priorities. When I offered a different view point,...
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Simon Baker from Energized Work has written a great paper about whether or not twelve years of agile has really changed anything in the world of software development?
In the paper,...
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A little while ago, I mentioned I was in the process of turning my blog into a book. Well, finally I've done it!
I have organised and edited the most popular educational content...
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Seen on Twitter
“Most people doing Agile today are actually doing Waterfall with Agile terms. Agile is dead.”
There are a lot of people talking about “post-agile”...
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Retrospectives in Scrum (called "reflections" in eXtreme Programming) are a key agile practice. The mechanics of a retrospective—a meeting through which the team assesses its performance...
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You have been fighting for the right for your SCRUM or OpenAgile team to do the right thing and allow the TEAM to estimate the work for a project instead of having a PM, senior manager...
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This is a guest blog post from Maria Burton from Focus On Training...
As a software developer that's been in the industry for over 20 years, I've seen a lot of processes come and...
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Forbes ran a nice article a couple of weeks ago on how agile is the next big thing for management, but its unlikely origin in the software industry may hamper its adoption. The article...
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The list below is not self-explanatory, but it covers the key ideas one has to know and execute on to do Scrum professionally. Of course, becoming proficient at doing them at the...
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The first post in this series provided an overview of the synergy between The Speed of Trust and Agile. This post focuses on the first wave of trust, Self Trust.
Agile relies on...
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