Finally back online and going full speed ahead
Have you ever had a computer meltdown? OK, so myIT infrastructure meltdown wasn’t as total as the picture to the left, but it still was…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: #3 – Becoming a CSM
Dear Diary, I completed day 1 of my 2-day Certified ScrumMaster course today and I’m feeling a little bit overwhelmed. I didn’t have any idea…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: #2 – Making the Case to Become a CSM
Dear Diary, Tomorrow I am going in to speak to Henry about becoming a Certified Scrum Master. I’ve done more reading about it and it…
Agile Book Review: Succeeding with Agile by Mike Cohn
I’m going to give you the punch line first: this is definitely the best agile book on the market today! If that is all you…
New to agile? Lean principles can help!
Ever see a trash can look like that? I know I have – plenty of times. I have 3 kids so I sometimes even see…
Debugging Cuke4Nuke Step Definitions
At a client today, we were doing some tricky automation with WatiN (against Telerik controls) in Cuke4Nuke. We wanted to dig into what WatiN was…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: Chapter 1 – We stink
Dear Diary, This is Nick. I’ve never been much of a writer before, but I made myself a New Year resolution to try to keep…
Agile, scrum, lean and kanban blogs to watch in 2010
I’m going to be spending a lot of time in 2010 writing blog entries. Remember, I’ve committed to trying to write 4 blog entries per…
Agile pondering: Why use an agile approach?
The theme of the blog this month is “Getting a Fresh Start.” In order to get a fresh start it is important to know WHY…
Agile question of the month contest for January 2010
Time for another chance to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate. This month’s theme is “Getting a Fresh Start” so the question is going to…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: Introduction to the series
Back on September 23, 2009, I posted a blog entry titled “New to agile? What does the ScrumMaster do anyway?” The response was amazing. It…
How to Remove Duplication in Cucumber Tests Using Scenario Outlines
Gojko Adzic has a new blog post demonstrating the new table parameter support in Cuke4Nuke. Table parameters are an important part of Cucumber. They’re great…
Great agile, scrum, lean and kanban online resources from December 2009
This will be a monthly feature during 2010 and beyond. I’m going to give you some blog posts, articles and popular items from right here…
2010 will be exciting for Agile Bob on Making Agile a Reality
The new year starts tonight. I’m extremely excited because I have HUGE plans for this blog during 2010. I don’t know if I can live…
The Latest on Cuke4Nuke
This morning, I released version 0.3.0 of Cuke4Nuke. With this release, Cuke4Nuke supports almost everything you can do with Cucumber in Ruby or Java, making…
Recapping 2009 at Agile For All
Was 2009 a good year or a bad year for you? I have to admit it was a good year for Agile For All. We…
Agile antipatterns: Agile burn-down chart roundup post
Do you want to see several different ways agile and scrum burn-down charts can lie? If so, you are in the right place! This month I…
Agile antipattern: Another burndown chart that lies!
That burndown chart looks sweet doesn’t it? The team finished the iteration on time. What could possibly be wrong. Well, a lot actually. Notice that…
Merry Christmas!
This blog entry is being posted on Wednesday, December 23 at noon MST. Why? Because I don’t plan to be on my computer very much,…
Agile antipattern: Changing the definition of done
Ever see a burndown chart like the one to the left? I’ve been on a big burndown chart kick lately and when I saw this…