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The Stand Up Desk Rises to the Occasion

Like most Americans, I lead a largely sedentary lifestyle. I’ve never been particularly athletic. The closest I’ve ever been was 5 years of forced...

0 replies - 532 views - 05/20/13 by Joel Cochran in Articles

It Takes About Two Months to Write a Technical Book

A lot of people will tell you writing a book is hard. I’m here to tell you it’s not. Solving the Hamiltonian path problem is hard, writing a book just...

0 replies - 416 views - 05/19/13 by Swizec Teller in Articles

We're All Born to Blog

So you want to blog, huh? Where do you start? You start with buying a book. Not just any book, but “Born to Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and...

0 replies - 539 views - 05/19/13 by Rogier Noort in Articles

How to Argue About Code

How to Argue About Code from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. None of us would be very good developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do...

0 replies - 494 views - 05/19/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Absolute Estimating vs. Relative Estimating

I’ve started work on some new videos and this time it’s all about Agile Estimating, Planning and Contracts. This is the obvious next step having completed...

0 replies - 1232 views - 05/19/13 by Kane Mar in Articles

Transform Your Agile Process with Kanban Thinking

Kanban Thinking from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies,...

0 replies - 396 views - 05/18/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Certified Agile: The PMI-ACP Exam

I sat for the Project Management Institute’s Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam earlier this week. The PMI-ACP tests your understanding of common...

0 replies - 1181 views - 05/17/13 by Jim Bird in Articles

Taking One for the Team...the Refactoring of Failure

Recently I've been coaching a large organization through an agile transition. I've introduced Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban ways of working to about a dozen teams...

0 replies - 995 views - 05/16/13 by Ian Mitchell in Articles

Estimates in Software Development. New Frontiers.

There’s more and more buzz around estimates and #noestimates in software development. People like to write bold statements and go extreme about things in...

0 replies - 2283 views - 05/16/13 by Michael Dubakov in Articles

Gambling in Software

I want to tell you about a meeting we had a few days ago. It reminded me of “The Jack Story” (which was part of an old stage routine of Danny Thomas many...

0 replies - 783 views - 05/15/13 by Nadav Azaria in Articles

10 Things Executives Need to Know About Agile

Slide deck with the top 10 things executives need to know about Agile: 10 things executives need to know about agile from Michael Sahota Here’s...

0 replies - 2734 views - 05/15/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

5 Things That Will Make Your Agile Development Project FAIL

Far too many Agile development projects fail. It is hard to even accurately measure the number of failures because so many software development projects end up...

0 replies - 4185 views - 05/14/13 by John Sonmez in Articles

Managing Your Teams’ Agile Competency

Managing Agile Teams from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. Going “Agile” can confer a number of benefits to an organization, but all too often those...

0 replies - 1340 views - 05/14/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

My Mom Told me That Git Doesn't Scale

Did you have a good Mother's Day? This GitHub developer's mom is certainly interesting... With over 2 million and a half repositories, GitHub is the...

0 replies - 3174 views - 05/13/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Temenos: Containers for Growing Relationships

“If we’re serious about exploring the world around us, we have to explore the world within us.” - Ken Robinson (Joint post with Olaf...

0 replies - 307 views - 05/13/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles