New to agile? Don’t settle for mediocrity
James Shore recently changed the entire focus of his company. This blog entry gives his reasons why. The blog post really struck a chord with…
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Never have a PMP on an agile team
Now that I have your attention, let me be VERY clear I don’t believe the title of this post. However, many people do believe it, and…
New to Agile? Beware of the elephant in the room!
Like many other agile consultants I am often asked how agile adoptions could fail. This question has a myriad of answers. A search on Google…
Being agile is to releasing products, like fishing is to catching fish
I recently read this blog post from Chris Sterling and while funny, it made me wonder about the similarities between fishing and agile development. Since…
Agile antipattern: But the development lead said it would take way less time than that
I’d be rich if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this, or something very similar to it, in the past 30 years! Alright,…
Agile Antipattern: Everything is priority 1
I was just working on some Powerpoint slides for our Agile Product Management Boot Camp coming up on March 9 and 10 and I realized I should…
New to agile? Remember to eliminate waste
When I teach any agile course I start out with the principles of lean that Mary and Tom Poppendieck have written about in their books. …
Continuous Deployment
I’ve written before about the amazing financial impact of releasing more often. And I know from personal experience the positive impact that frequent releases have…
7 Tips for a More Effective Daily Scrum
The main purpose of the Daily Scrum is for team members to make and follow-up on commitments to one another that work towards the team’s…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…