Another Look at WatiN
At my current client, we’ve decided to use WatiN, largely for the C# vs. Ruby reason I discussed earlier this week. After spending a week…
Agile Product Management Boot Camp
Bob Hartman and I are offering an Agile Product Management Boot Camp course March 9-10 in Denver. If you’re a product manager, product owner, business…
Web Testing for .NET Teams: WatiN or Watir?
I’ve noticed a pattern with several of my .NET clients who want to get into automated acceptance testing for web applications. They like the idea…
Panel Discussion on Transitioning to Agile
Just a quick post this week. I just received a link to the panel discussion I was part of at the Agile Development Practices conference…
Denver APLN Meeting Next Tuesday (Jan 20)
Denver’s new APLN chapter is having our first proper (i.e. non-planning) meeting next Tuesday. Date: January 20, 2009 Time: 6:30pm Location: Sigis Cabaret room in…
Follow me on Twitter
I’ve decided to experiment with Twitter as a way to post more often than the once or twice a week I do here and to…
Making Agile a Reality
Recently I started seeing information on the Agile2009 conference. Imagine my surprise when they picked the tagline “Making Agile a Reality!” That’s been the tagline…
Short Answers #2: What to Focus on in 2009
It’s officially a series now. In this Short Answers video, I answer the question, “If my Scrum team could work on one thing in 2009,…
Christmas came early this year!
I had my hip surgery done on December 9. It turned out not to be possible to do a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, so a total…
New Benjamin Zander Video – “How Fascinating!”
There’s a new Benjamin Zander video over at the Pop!Tech conference website. There’s some overlap with the video from TED I posted back in June—most…
UI Sketches for Distributed Teams
In the same way that user stories help focus a software team’s work around business value, starting construction of a user story with the UI…
Short Answers #1: When Stories Are Larger Than Planned
I’m experimenting with video for what is likely become a new series here. In these “Short Answers” posts, I’ll answer an agile question in about…
Agile hip surgery?
I’m always looking for uses of agile in areas outside of software development. This one is from my personal life. I have struggled for the…
Are the Product Owner and ScrumMaster’s Interests Opposed?
The Chief Engineer role in the Toyota Product Development System combines parts of the Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and senior technical team member roles from Scrum.…
Agile Architecture and Agile Testing – New Courses on the horizon
Exciting news! Some associates of mine are currently completing work on some new courses Agile For All will be able to offer. The two courses…
Agile for Business Analysts
This past week I was fortunate enough to be a speaker at the Agile Development Practices show in Orlando, Florida. I had a great time while…
Motivated Individuals
As agile approaches the mainstream, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the core principles, especially this one: Build projects around motivated individuals. Give…
Testing to find defects is waste
Have you ever heard someone say that testing to find defects is waste? I’ve heard it and I’ve said it when teaching courses. But people…
Risk
If you’re an IT executive, which is less risky? Investing a little bit in an effective agile adoption, something that’s been proven at other companies…