Many sources of stress on projects come from forgetting what our roles are. Scrum championed a simple set of roles with the development team, the Scrum Master,...
0 replies - 807 views - 05/21/13 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles
Imagine that the government decided an intake of 2.500 calories per day should be the maximum for each person, regardless of age, gender, health, metabolism,...
0 replies - 3494 views - 05/20/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
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 - 1513 views - 05/19/13 by Swizec Teller in Articles
The moments when excitement builds throughout the whole team at the delight of discovery and creativity are precious. These moments feel like play rather than...
0 replies - 2144 views - 05/18/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles
A few years ago I discussed some organizational challenges with my former CEO, and I noted the employees in our company rarely took time to enjoy their...
0 replies - 983 views - 05/05/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
In many working environments people’s focus is usually is on fixing problems.
This makes sense, because continuous improvement allows...
0 replies - 2627 views - 05/03/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Management is a tough job, done well.
There is an enormous difference between an employee and a manager, besides the obvious difference in pay grade...
0 replies - 970 views - 05/02/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles
The biggest waste in software is what we build and isn’t used. Since we can’t know in advance what will be a selling feature, we have to implement the...
0 replies - 3178 views - 05/01/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles
“Part-timers just don’t seem to fit in with the team,” a manager
complained recently. “I do everything I can to impress on them the
importance of...
1 replies - 1088 views - 04/26/13 by Esther Derby in Articles
Disparaging those who provide software
estimates seems to be a growing sport. At conferences, in blogs and the
twitter-verse it seems open season for...
0 replies - 1525 views - 04/24/13 by Allan Kelly in Articles
Originally authored by Aaron Wagner
I wanted to take a few minutes to share some thoughts and experiences about pair programming.
I'm going to start from...
0 replies - 3562 views - 04/24/13 by Scott Leberknight in Articles
In some manner or another, I've served in roles frequently referred to as "boss" for over 20 years. In a few cases, I owned the company, in whole or in part....
0 replies - 2734 views - 04/23/13 by Michael Norton in Articles
The answer is (of course): ”It depends.”
But first, a puzzle:
There are lots of teams in small companies and start-ups who are...
0 replies - 3633 views - 04/20/13 by Esther Derby in Articles
I have been thinking about institutions that strive for change. Sometimes we call them communities or organizations, sometimes we call them alliances or...
0 replies - 1967 views - 04/20/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Long ago, when I was a young developer at an anonymous company, one of my managers was disappointed with my progress. “I know how long the work should take....
0 replies - 1281 views - 04/19/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
