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 - 5923 views - 03/18/13 by Steve Smith in Articles
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...
2 replies - 2098 views - 03/18/13 by Esther Derby in Articles
You pass the t-shirt test when people proudly wear a t-shirt with the logo of your organization on it.
Would you proudly wear a t-shirt with your own name?
I...
0 replies - 3328 views - 03/16/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Next time the HR department wants you to deliver evaluation forms of your team members, organize a 360 Degree Dinner. That's what I did with my team. And it...
0 replies - 1009 views - 03/15/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
As part of the SmarcoS project, we have been investigating how to make workplaces smarter through sensors and context awareness. Here is a video showing what...
3 replies - 2325 views - 03/11/13 by Henri Bergius in Articles
Every other Friday, my team holds a retrospective meeting. One issue
that came up in our most recent retrospective was a particularly
contentious user...
2 replies - 2112 views - 03/08/13 by Josh Adell in Articles
Someone has called me a liar and a thief, and has failed to produce any explanation or evidence. Nonviolent Communication suggests that I ask, “what is it...
1 replies - 2967 views - 03/07/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Mastery by George Leonard is one of my most-cherished-books-of-all-times. I’ve seen this book mentioned on a tennis web-site as I’ve been digging for...
0 replies - 1724 views - 03/06/13 by Olga Kouzina in Articles
I’ve been interviewing people for programming jobs for five years and I’ve recently gotten a look at the interview process from the other side. Here are...
0 replies - 24789 views - 02/28/13 by Kristina Chodorow in Articles
I recently had the good fortune to fly in from Doha to Dubai in a Dreamliner, and later again from Bangalore to Delhi – before they got grounded following a...
1 replies - 1158 views - 02/27/13 by Tathagat Varma in Articles
ScaleBase Overview – Your complete scale out partner
Watch the Video below to learn how to scale out your MySQL Database with ScaleBase. Cost-effectively...
0 replies - 392 views - 02/22/13 by Kelley Gemma in Uncategorized
If you want to execute lean practices at your startup, then Running Lean by Ash Maurya should be top of your reading list. Highly...
0 replies - 1911 views - 02/20/13 by James Sugrue in Articles
With the term startup we usually associate starting a new company and pursuing a new idea with a small, creative team. While Scrum has been used for many...
2 replies - 7242 views - 02/18/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles
Steve Yegge's Predictions from 2004
Now this was a fun little blast from the past. Steve Yegge (who I think is awesome) made some interesting...
0 replies - 2639 views - 02/18/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
@mick_maguire asked me about “Differentiation” and how it could possibly fit with an Agile team.
It can’t. Not with any team.
Mick also pointed me...
1 replies - 1639 views - 02/15/13 by Esther Derby in Articles
