Mitch Pronschinske05/18/13
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Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and organizational structures that must all interact for projects to reach their goals. However, many organizations struggle to scale up agile approaches for their various programs, products, and services.
Tom Howlett05/18/13
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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 work and they breed openness and courage. So what conditions must exist for these moments to happen? Here’s some ideas...
Zac Gery05/17/13
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Developers are very logical and analytical. In the world of DiSC, which is a behavior assessment tool, most programmers fall into the D (Dominance) or C (Conscientiousness) categories.
Mitch Pronschinske05/17/13
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It really doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in this industry or which position you hold, understanding generation n00b and the value it brings should be mandatory for you.
Jim Bird05/17/13
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Experience and general reading aren’t enough to prepare for a PMI certification exam. PMI wants everyone who holds a certification to know the same things, and to share the same values and to think and act the same way.
Ian Mitchell05/16/13
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Allowing for a bank holiday and foreseeable absences, the team's Sprint Planning budget came to around 42 story points. Unfortunately, the Scrum Master had committed to deliver 65 points. Ouch.
Michael Sahota05/16/13
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A simple (and misunderstood) way people think of their change initiative like this: Their organization is just sitting there, ready to change in wonderful ways. We just have to tell people how great our new initiative is and they will be lining up to learn more and make things happen. Right?
Michael Dubakov05/16/13
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I think we should embrace estimate distribution and invent new ways to model and use it. We shouldn’t fight it. This will be a war against our allies. This will be a war against creativity, perfectionism, learning and team spirit. I’d better surrender.
John Sonmez05/16/13
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Would we ever want to live in a world where working harder didn’t amount to anything more, but rather ended up returning you less?
Nadav Azaria05/15/13
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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 years ago).
Here’s how it goes...
Michael Sahota05/15/13
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Whether you're an executive, or a developer, the leaders of your organization need to look at agile from these ten angles.
Anders Abel05/15/13
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If you can’t stand the thought of being disconnected for a week and feel that this post is nothing for you, please keep on reading. This post is definitely for you.
Abby Fichtner05/15/13
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And so now, as I’m wondering what my next “big thing” will be (no pressure, Abbs) – I also wonder who might be next. Am I exposing myself to enough awesome to let me grow or am I getting too comfortable with who and what I know today?
John Sonmez05/14/13
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Over the years, I’ve worked on many different Agile teams and have consulted for and trained many teams on Agile development. In this time, I have found 5 common problems, that if not resolved, are very likely to cause a project to be a failure.
Michael Mainguy05/14/13
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Having lived through numerous attempts to build software embracing the concepts behind the agile manifesto, I feel there are three large categories folks fall into when talking about agile principles.
