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Thoughts on Beyond Deadlines by Jabe Bloom

 Background In late 2012 when Dylan Smith suggested a blog challenge in order to encourage each of us to write more often, I quickly agreed. I...

0 replies - 1670 views - 03/26/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

Kanban Questioning

Moving beyond the Visual part of the Kanban Method and beginning the process of collaboratively improving the system with policies that enable you to work...

1 replies - 1291 views - 03/25/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles

Standard Story Points

Retread of a post originally made on 06 Sep 2004 I've heard a couple of questions recently about coming up with a standard story point mechanism for...

0 replies - 1358 views - 03/25/13 by Martin Fowler in Articles

The Bully CEO

Today I read, and recommended an article by a CEO entitled A Good Place to Work. Reading the article quickly, as I sometimes do, given the multitude of blogs I...

0 replies - 1785 views - 03/24/13 by Tobias Mayer in Articles

Pendulum Swings and Oscillating Control By Managers

 An effective hierarchy provides enough central control for coordinated action in achieving the aim of the organization. At the same time, the...

0 replies - 805 views - 03/24/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

Management Myth, Myth of 100% Utilitization Posted

I have an article posted at Techwell, Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization. This myth has always been a problem. It’s even more of a problem now...

0 replies - 1221 views - 03/24/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

Seeing How Well a Team’s Story Points Align from One to Eight

The topic of how well a team estimates two point stories relative to one point stories (and so on) has come up in a couple of comments and replies on this blog...

1 replies - 1269 views - 03/21/13 by Mike Cohn in Articles

5 Big Scrum Questions – Issue 1

5 Questions was a series created by James Brett. The ideas was to ask five specific questions to members of the Scrum community and post the their replies. I...

0 replies - 2148 views - 03/21/13 by Kane Mar in Articles

Who is a True Agile Coach?

Here is an article about  Agile coaching published on Techwell:  http://www.techwell.com/2013/03/what-true-agile-coach A few years ago, I had the...

0 replies - 1799 views - 03/21/13 by Venkatesh Kris... in Articles

Story Tasks need Systems Thinking

Story tasks lacking systems thinking give a false indication of progress Ron Jeffries recently wrote about his issue with story tasks – “We imagine a...

1 replies - 2443 views - 03/21/13 by Steve Smith in Articles

Flow and Attachment

I open the standup with no expectations of where it will go. We walk the board starting on the right. I read out the name of stories in turn and those who’ve...

0 replies - 1602 views - 03/20/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles

Who Is Invested?

I have another management myth post up on Stickyminds. This one is Management Myth 15: I Need People to Work Overtime. Managers, especially senior managers,...

0 replies - 1138 views - 03/19/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

Agile vs. Fragile

This comic/infographic reminds us of some good examples of the 'agile' responses to certain situations vs. the lazy or 'fragile' response.  Be honest,...

1 replies - 4614 views - 03/19/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Technical Lead != Team Lead

Technical leadership and team leadership should be recognized as distinct roles During my career, I’ve worked with, for, and as a  Technical Lead,...

3 replies - 5386 views - 03/18/13 by Steve Smith in Articles

The Power of Community Agreements and India Driving

I attended and spoke at Agile India 2012 in Banglore, India.  It was a wonderful experience - the conference was excellent, and my first trip to India was...

0 replies - 1780 views - 03/18/13 by Dave Rooney in Articles