Growing DONE—How to Make the Definition of Done Work for Your Team
Effective agile teams get things done. They build software day after day that’s not just “code complete” but really shippable. And when their product owner…
I’ll be speaking in January at the Phoenix Scrum User Group
I’m honored to be the featured speaker at the January 28, 2010 meeting of the Phoenix Scrum User Group. I’ll be making a presentation called “Doing…
Agile pondering: How does a highly mobile agile team of 1 work?
In my last post I gave you insight into how I do my work as an agile team of 1. What I didn’t mention is…
Agile pondering: How does agile work with a team of 1?
See that picture off to the left? That is me and my agile team! It’s not a bad picture, but there appears to be something…
The 7 Deadly Sins of Almost Being Agile presentation from Agile 2009
This presentation was originally given at Agile 2009 in Chicago. Richard Lawrence and I wanted to give teams a bit of hope if they weren’t…
Agile antipattern: Burndown “wall”
Does your team have an iteration burndown chart (giving credit only for completed stories) look like the one to the left? If so there are a…
New to agile? Learn how to split stories
In my last blog Agile antipattern: Taking on large stories I said I would give you some tips on how to split stories. First though, it is…
Agile antipattern: Taking on large stories
Earlier this week I posted a blog entry “Agile antipattern: Burndown charts that hide the truth” which dealt with one way a burndown chart could…
Agile question of the month contest for December 2009
Want to win an Amazon gift certificate? This month I am starting a new feature in the blog. The feature is called “Agile question of…
Agile antipattern: Burndown charts that hide the truth
See that burndown chart over there to the left? It looks beautiful doesn’t it? It is an actual burndown chart with no made up data. …
Screencast: Testing Web Applications in .NET with Cuke4Nuke and WatiN
Yesterday, I released Cuke4Nuke 0.2.2, which added WatiN compatibility and an example of how to use the two tools together. Here’s a short screencast in…
Weekly PM Insights Newsletter
Recently I’ve been asked to write an occasional article for the Weekly PM Insights newsletter. This newsletter is published every Sunday night and so far has…
New to agile? Remember the power of automation
As this blog entry is published I am teaching an agile/scrum course to a client in Flanders, New Jersey. You might want to ask “Bob,…
Crazy Thanksgiving Offer: Let’s Make Your Work Great
Work shouldn’t suck. Whatever your position, you can do something to make your work better. I’m so thankful for the work I get to do,…
New to agile? Give thanks!
Here in the United States we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 26. If you are currently on an agile team you…
Agile antipattern: Doing Agile!
I spent the past week in Orlando, Florida at the Agile Development Practices conference and I heard a number of people say “We do agile…
New to agile? Remember to respect people
One of the Lean Principles is “Respect People.” I think it may be the most important lean principle. When I teach a course and get…
WatiN Patterns #3: Don’t Over-specify
After a long hiatus, I’m resuming the WatiN Patterns series. Pattern #1 covered why and how your tests should clean up after themselves. Pattern #2…
Patterns for Splitting User Stories
Update, October 2020: Richard’s latest story splitting resources are available at Humanizing Work. Good user stories follow Bill Wake’s INVEST model. They’re Independent, Negotiable, Valuable,…
Free Event! Agile Adoption: The Real Story
On October 20, the Agile Cooperative will be hosting a free one-day seminar designed to give attendees a lot of information about what is really…