[Agile for All] | Bob | Activity https://agileforall.com/member-list/bhartman/activity/ Activity feed for Bob. Mon, 04 May 2026 17:24:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.6.51 en-US 30 hourly 2 c7b7cdc8d3cbb07e05a63780d1d5d040 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=5672 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:50:17 -0400 An Agile Lesson from the Movie “City Slickers”

As an Agile trainer and coach, I have worked with hundreds of companies over the past 10 years. After reflecting back on my interactions with…

]]> 0 5a53ad7c9cf92662f640152dd4486ccf Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4992 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:26:05 -0400 Peter Drucker ’s view is integral to the values of Scrum

Peter Drucker said, “Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of…

]]> 0 6d8039585cf9a1b42c26c145d7ea5ded Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4407 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:52:15 -0500 Peter Drucker understood agile leadership and agility before it even existed!

Management and leadership in the 21st century need to be significantly different or businesses will be left behind. People recognize this and management is slowing…

]]> 0 e4b0d00a5935400179f6fc156d0a9bf7 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4935 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:30:38 -0500 Agile For All adds three new members to the team

In case you missed the press release, Peter Green, Adobe Systems Agile Transformation Leader, will join our Agile For All team on March 16th. I am…

]]> 0 1b9eea140475d678457d436bd9c3a51d Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4931 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:00:03 -0500 Agile and Scrum training the Agile For All way

Take a moment to consider the last time you were in any sort of training environment. Were the tables set up “classroom style” so everyone…

]]> 0 ec0460e3a5903df0c988c8efdfec0c35 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4903 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:30:03 -0400 Looking Back at the Past Two Years

I want to start this post by thanking Eric Englemann (yes, that is him above!), the CEO of one of our awesome clients, Geonetric. Almost…

]]> 0 c3499ea4f61b5a86c80c160cd10da167 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4872 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:48:05 -0500 With apologies to Bill Engvall, ScrumMasters, here's your sign!

Have you ever had one of those days when you wondered if your ScrumMaster was on crack? Or maybe you’re the ScrumMaster and the you…

]]> 0 3e7c8509243a93e2bd6d15e7a549015d Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4874 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:38:41 -0500 Agile Practitioners Aren't Supposed to Use Flamethrowers - Are They?

Have you ever been in a flamethrower war? I sincerely hope you have never been in one like the picture, but if you have been…

]]> 0 92132b8882e0106b6588f28ffba35e9f Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4873 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:10:09 -0500 As a ScrumMaster silence can be golden!

I love it when someone who was in one of my workshops sends me a message saying something from the workshop worked well for them.…

]]> 0 88bc89b6a6c6def57310f98ddfe8f541 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4856 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:35:24 -0500 An Agile Merry Christmas 2010!

Are you feeling the Christmas spirit yet?  I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, so if that isn’t the holiday for you, think about your equivalent,…

]]> 0 af638cdd9172b21ebaeac1bf5e13256b Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4858 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:30:16 -0500 Overdue Agile and Scrum Thanks

Last year around this time I wrote a blog entry “New to agile? Give thanks!”  That was written from the perspective of an agile team…

]]> 0 4df1679730f93392257a9821638dc391 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4855 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:15:10 -0400 In defense of the Scrum Alliance

Have you ever felt really let down by someone you respect?  I guess the way the world is today we can all cite a long…

]]> 0 3ba71a632a8258aad4baf34e5133655b Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4853 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:54 -0400 Your Agile isn't my Agile!

Have you ever had the feeling someone REALLY didn’t get it?  I had that feeling recently when reading this article about the supposed weaknesses of…

]]> 0 dc26a80beb11ed3afc4d773a3d0d6f0a Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4854 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:50:34 -0400 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…

]]> 0 31c376dd4d468d19868d0ae9e339a1f3 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4852 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:22:10 -0400 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…

]]> 0 ca8b595642fb2fcc6e7d5800444a85da Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=1603 Tue, 18 May 2010 18:35:49 -0400 Agile antipattern: Target fixation

Have you ever been so focused on something that the rest of the world seemed to disappear for a while?  This can be great under…

]]> 0 f4da1902f6dbb986ba980247331616fa Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4851 Mon, 17 May 2010 17:40:03 -0400 I'm a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) - so what?

This is a companion post to last year’s “I’m a Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) – so what?” post.  In that post I spoke about the…

]]> 0 b99e6b253dc08f85be8aaa6fbd73aed8 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4857 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:45:06 -0400 Agile antipattern: Sizing or estimating bug fixes

Is the bug to the left a large bug or a small bug?  It looks HUGE to me!  Well, in reality it is probably between…

]]> 0 bc98b07ade796f55d9968446562dce97 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4832 Mon, 03 May 2010 17:20:09 -0400 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…

]]> 0 9bd00a234abc6cdb3c3f5f2c6984db34 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4845 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:35:41 -0400 What style of agile training works best?

Have you ever been in a class or training session which is so boring you felt like you might fall asleep?  Or maybe you are…

]]> 0 43aa53de34fad0c0c5d22d1330ddfa48 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4843 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:30:15 -0400 If you had been me at the Orlando Scrum Gathering...

you would have had an absolutely indescribably fantastic time!  And that’s just for starters.  To be honest, the phrase “that was so much fun it…

]]> 0 2b1b15720fc644faf6ad79be0b909a61 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4844 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:52:16 -0400 My Orlando Scrum Gathering Presentation

I’m making my Orlando Scrum Gathering presentation “Doing Scrum Isn’t the Same as LIVING Scrum” available as a PDF.  You don’t have to fill out…

]]> 0 26e5456930ed808cdc5442fb3c8a361b Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4842 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:07:54 -0500 Orlando Scrum Gathering - I'm going to be a doctor soon!

In about 5 minutes I’m going to play the role of being a “doctor” at the Scrum Clinic which is part of the Orlando Scrum…

]]> 0 34dd198769d77c516beb1d02cd255a50 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4841 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:15:10 -0500 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…

]]> 0 50b396d4f1bab0a6f1ff99e25467a80e Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4840 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:15:55 -0500 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…

]]> 0 30b1dc86a40347af85e48d3a51dfc684 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4839 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:30:50 -0500 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…

]]> 0 197ac268c17e414c4070efe49a2d3064 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4833 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:22 -0500 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…

]]> 0 462a58a4acf8e683571247d6ebe21527 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4848 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:45:28 -0500 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…

]]> 0 23ad1b1b4edd74ca3b00f39d6add69e9 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4838 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:45:01 -0500 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…

]]> 0 4d8f2b592c6d42b9c4a79a4a17733a68 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4836 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:00:08 -0500 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…

]]> 0 98e7e655550c8b8ca20c8eb96b89e80e Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=1403 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:15:27 -0500 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…

]]> 0 7a913972a9dda0703eee40d2091f2ed7 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4837 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:30:38 -0500 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…

]]> 0 f895e32374b8cf357683148840d82a1e Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4835 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:15:28 -0500 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…

]]> 0 51f1b55a37fbd496434a704db05fc265 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4834 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:00:57 -0500 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…

]]> 0 9c6cff5a6241aac829be80c994bde45f Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4846 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:30:48 -0500 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…

]]> 0 3c9205f81f1f6f82cc5418e504243cb4 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4847 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:45:33 -0500 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…

]]> 0 dcdf14732be16039e2a4c0385b6e54ca Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4825 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:30:25 -0500 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…

]]> 0 d6882d3e464f429da1269fff9a2d1a73 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4829 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:45:40 -0500 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…

]]> 0 c704a7df3f3a1b428e3458fb95ce9b96 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4828 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:30:25 -0500 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…

]]> 0 06b1b1324fee5d3bd4b00d7cc5a21070 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4821 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:00:05 -0500 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,…

]]> 0 5594ec73e11d8cc09f05919a7f850492 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=1093 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:00:58 -0500 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…

]]> 0 40d74af18e17781171fdbed24fafec5b Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4824 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:15:20 -0500 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…

]]> 0 f71cf60d708e9a764b89c36ae2f87d45 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4823 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:15:49 -0500 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…

]]> 0 a5ad5fd48cb70d64e1249698667898b2 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=1060 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:30:17 -0500 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…

]]> 0 4cc365869f638a18cb4650d9503ed43f Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4827 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:07 -0500 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…

]]> 0 543220c70f609d3ada498047a42b2b49 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4817 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:44 -0500 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…

]]> 0 14bf5277d418d40b033d7b376a678f40 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4819 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:00:55 -0500 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…

]]> 0 564e9d027675e80a3c9b960095a3c8e4 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=706 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:00:16 -0500 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…

]]> 0 d2aa0060f231f49ac032779308379152 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4826 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:16 -0500 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…

]]> 00f66c9d5452c03a26ae539954977d50 Bob posted a new post. https://agileforall.com/?p=4822 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:00:15 -0500 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. …

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