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 - 1607 views - 03/20/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles
Back When We Compiled to Machine Code and Links Took 45 Minutes...Back in the day, I ran a small spreadsheet company, Athena Design
that took on the big...
0 replies - 3112 views - 03/20/13 by David Pollak in Articles
All good plans come in 3 phases:
Although I won’t be collecting any underpants, I’ll be following this basic template (with a couple of tweaks here...
0 replies - 3760 views - 03/20/13 by James Betteley in Articles
In Organizing an Agile Program, Part 1, Introduction,
I suggested you think about the communication paths of your programs.
Instead of hierarchies, I...
0 replies - 2754 views - 03/20/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
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 - 1145 views - 03/19/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
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 - 4639 views - 03/19/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
One of the constant questions I get goes something like, “Should we create a separate agile group, team, department, product team, or plan our agile...
0 replies - 1913 views - 03/18/13 by Jim Highsmith in Articles
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 - 5449 views - 03/18/13 by Steve Smith in Articles
Some folks are using agile to invent. They are trying to figure out the right products to build for markets that don’t even know what they want. They are...
0 replies - 2420 views - 03/18/13 by Mike Cottmeyer in Articles
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 - 1788 views - 03/18/13 by Dave Rooney in Articles
In my last post “What’s next for Agile?”, I talked about alignment between the development team and the business, from the customer focus...
0 replies - 846 views - 03/16/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles
Jim has 15 years experience Jo has 2, they are pair programming but neither are very happy. Jim is frustrated with having to explain himself, he...
0 replies - 3262 views - 03/16/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles
Jonathan Rasmusson - 10 things you can do to better lead your agile team from NDCOslo on Vimeo.
Agile leadership is different. Agile teams don’t like to be...
0 replies - 7474 views - 03/15/13 by Mitch Pronschinske 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 - 950 views - 03/15/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
I don’t know about you, but every time I read the word “nonfunctional”, I feel a yawn coming on, and I start to look for something else to do. While...
1 replies - 3632 views - 03/15/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles
