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New to Agile? Build trust to grow influence and impact
Transforming the way you work to an Agile approach has implications for the relationship between software teams and their customers and stakeholders. But in many cases, the would-be Agile team’s vision of a better collaborative future is viewed with skepticism, at best. What do you do when you want a more collaborative relationship with your
New to agile? Remember, sometimes things get crazy!
Do you ever get so frustrated you feel like pulling your hair out? I do (although that is NOT a picture of me to the left!). If you look at my pictures you will see that it would be difficult for me to pull my
New to agile? Learn how to fail well
Is success or failure really a choice? I don’t think it is at all. Pretty much no one chooses to fail. Unfortunately, we can’t just choose to be successful either. What we CAN choose is to try to make a success out of a failure! The
New to agile? Remember a user story is more than a card!
What’s wrong with the user story on the card? It seems to have everything we need: a) short title, b) a size (in this case 2), and c) a well-written story using the standard “As a … I want … so that …” format. So what’s
New to agile? Watch an Intro to Scrum video in about 8 minutes
My friend, Arif Gangji, and I created this video to help his customers understand why his company uses Scrum as their software development framework. I decided I really liked the video, so I’m posting it here as well. It isn’t perfect, but it is plenty good enough to get across the basic ideas of
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 it in my own house! It is amazing how kids can walk right past a full trash can and decide it
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, how can you do that? Isn’t the client upset when you blogwhile they are paying for your time?” Certainly they
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 may want to consider giving thanks a bit earlier! My thank you list would definitely include:
1. Thanks for the