Paul Underwood06/03/13
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Version Control: Git vs SVN

In this post we are going to look at the benefits of working with version control and the difference between two of the most popular version control repositories, GIT and SVN.

Mitch Pronschinske06/03/13
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500 Startups: What's Trending Worldwide -- The Lean Startup and More

In this talk, Dave will strive to make sense of the impact the Lean Startup Movement (of which 500 Startups and its portfolio companies are great fans of) has had on entrepreneurship, particularly in Silicon Valley, where Dave is based.

Kane Mar06/03/13
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How a Traditional Project Manager Felt Relief by Doing Scrum.

About 2 years ago I noticed that I no longer recognized some of the more recent Scrum trainers. I really want to get to know the wider Scrum community, and I decided that the way that I would do it would be by doing interviews and then sharing those videos.

Dave Fecak06/03/13
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The Engineer’s Engineer

Generally, I want to tell all these people the same thing. If you really enjoy the work and want to be successful in the business for a long time, you should try to make decisions, think like, and become an engineer’s engineer.

Trisha Gee06/03/13
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Adjusting to Working Remotely

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. It was a shock to the system to have this level of autonomy. I've worked in various types of company over the 15 years people have paid me to develop code, but nothing prepared me for this.

Matthias Marschall06/02/13
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How Value Stream Mapping can Speed up Your Cycle Time From Years to Weeks

On Apollo 13, tensions ran high, but, instead of blaming each other for the mistakes they made, they concentrated on the system of the space craft and how to work with what was left of it. The same is true for your development process. Focus on the whole system instead of blaming each other for slow releases of new features.

Johanna Rothman06/01/13
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Strategic vs. Tactical Management Work

Strategic work is difficult. It requires thought and discussion. Tactical work is difficult in a different way. Tactical work often demands answers quickly. Strategic work, assuming you don’t postpone it and create management debt should take longer because reflection is a good thing for strategic work.

Olga Kouzina06/01/13
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Project Managers: Nurturing vs. Hiring

The question was: Why are engineers good project managers? Yeah, I know how many thoughts, memories, and personal experiences whirled in your mind at this very moment :)

Esther Derby 05/31/13
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The Fundamental Attribution Error and Accountability

A while back I was talking to a manager who complained that “no one” in his organization was “accountable.” Of course, he exempted himself form that category.

Michael Sahota05/31/13
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Scrum Alliance Leadership – Concrete Actions

The final step was to identify concrete actions that the Scrum Alliance organization and membership can take to move toward the goals associated with specific parts of each model.

Roman Pichler05/31/13
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Is Intuition or Data More Important in Agile Product Management?

Empirical approaches to product development such as Scrum and Lean Startup encourage us to leverage data to make decisions: We use product increments or MVPs to gather the relevant information from users, customers, and other stakeholders.

Michael Sahota05/31/13
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Scrum Alliance Leadership – Models for Success

This post identifies two visions for successful leadership within the Scrum Alliance. See also: Acceptance Tests and Concrete Actions (& Participants).

Mitch Pronschinske05/31/13
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An Agile Approach to Acceptance Driven Development

This video explores how Acceptance Driven Development can be implemented within an Agile environment, using Business Stories whilst supporting both Agile and Structured development.

Jurgen Appelo05/30/13
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Delegate, Delegate, Delegate...

The courses I'm doing in Singapore, Sydney and Auckland (end of June/early July) will be the last courses I will do by myself. I will practice what I preach by delegating almost everything to the 50+ licensed facilitators.