Humanizing Work Show Season 2 Premiere
Most meaningful work happens in teams so to further expand the Humanizing Work movement and conversation we are taking season 2 to focus on teams.…
Story Splitting Poster Now in Polish
My popular How to Split a User Story flowchart has already been translated to French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Hungarian. Thanks to work from…
The #DarkScrum Formula
Ron Jeffries coined the term #DarkScrum. #DarkScrum occurs when we focus on enforcing Scrum mechanics rather than reinforcing Agile Values and Principles. This results in…
A Dozen Reasons Why Test-First Is Better Than Test-Later (Pt. 2)
From the Developer Essentials Newsletter: The intersection of Agile methods and technical software development. If you missed Part 1, review it here.
Humanizing Work Season 1 Finale: Why Now?
Why now? What conditions in the world make this the right time for a Humanizing Work movement? There are two key shifts that have happened…
Humanizing Work Show Ep.4: Growth Is Essential
Growth is one of the core things that motivates people in all aspects of their life. “Work that doesn’t provide opportunities for growth is dehumanizing.”…
A Dozen Reasons Why Test-First Is Better Than Test-Later (Pt. 1)
An editor of Dr. Dobbs magazine once wrote to me—replying to my response to an article—“All the benefits [of Test-Driven Development] could be attained equally…
Humanizing Work Show Ep. 3: What Drives Motivation
When you think about what motivates someone within their job or work it tends to go back to what their connection is to the purpose…
Humanizing Work Show Ep.2: The Relationship (or Conflict) Between Ease and Meaning at Work
“This is why successful serial entrepreneurs, even after a big exit, go on to start something else, not because they need the money, but because…
Work Should Fit People
This week, we launched the Humanizing Work Show. In episode 1, we summarize what we mean by Humanizing Work and where the phrase came from. Humanizing Work…
Why a Prerequisite Course?
Participants in our courses are sometimes surprised to find out that they have work to do in advance of the course. Most of our live,…
Object Oriented Programming in a Nutshell
Next year I’ll likely be teaching Essential Test-Driven Development to a team that includes about 50% COBOL programmers. I told the client I’d look for…
A Recipe for an Agile Team Space
Occasionally, I’ve been asked to help design team rooms for a client. They may have been planning to hire an ergonomic architect/designer in addition to…
Humanizing Work 2018 – A Look Back
Earlier this summer, an event that has defied naming was held for the sixth consecutive year. Agile For All’s advanced training event, Humanizing Work, took…
Sharpen Your Knives
You’ve heard the old adage about the lumberjack who—in order to cut a tree in an hour—will take 45 minutes to sharpen the saw? This…
Exceptional Circumstances
In our BDD course, we use a real example of an online library patron portal. Course participants are provided with a number of (often vague)…
Testing the User Interface
I often get questions about testing “the user interface” or “the front end.” This comes up in all our technical Agile classes (Behavior Driven Development,…
Good Design, part IV: The Role of Tests
We’ve seen how refactoring becomes the primary design activity on an Agile team. Diligent, confident refactoring is possible to the degree that the code is…
The Framework That Changes Everything
Scrum changes the way everyone in your company interacts and will likely influence your organizational structure. When an organization considers “moving to” Scrum, it’s easy…
