Contents tagged with scrum
Business Card "B" Side Agile Quotes
I've been working on some prototypes for the flipside of my business cards - here's a sampling using quotes pulled from my collection that I mocked-up in Visio and converted into PNGs. Feel free to … more
There's A Lot of Room for Agile to Grow in 2012
Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. - Hegel
InfoQ (a clearinghouse blog of current 'good ideas' in agile and software … more
Misaligning How You Work with the Work You Do: Why Waterfall and Agile Don't Mix Redux
A recent blog posting about Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2012 suggests that for the coming year, teams will be blending agile software development practices with waterfall to create a … more
How I Deliver Agile Consulting
Over the weekend I read Tobias Mayer's incredibly candid and inspirational blog post on how he delivers his agile guidance as a consultant, entitled Lemon Sorbet (a must-read if you're in the market … more
Get Trained, not Certified. There is a Difference.
Get professional training.
That's what new teams and organizations are told is a "best practice" when embarking on an agile transformation. It's good advice, because though it seems common … more
Ouija Board Team Estimating
Recently I came across a really fun, innovative way that teams can collaboratively estimate user stories for a Sprint called Ouija Board. If you're looking for something to liven up your … more
The Two-Week Project Bootstrap Explained
Last week we launched a new promotion to help organizations and their software development teams begin to adopt agile practices called The Two-Week Project Bootstrap. This is the complementary "next … more
The Power of Scrum Revealed
About a week or so ago, after reading a tweet from Jeff Sutherland, I finally picked up a copy of his new novella, The Power of Scrum, for my Kindle (a steal at $6). Jeff released this in paperback … more
Making Sense of Wicked Problems with Issue Mapping and Scrum
Recently, I had the good fortune to be able to attend a class a long-time acquaintance, Paul Culmsee, was offering on Issue Mapping. This was one of those once-in-a-blue-moon events because Paul lives … more
In Defense of Estimating with Smaller Numbers
Recently, Mike Cohn blogged about his disappointment with how some teams, upon receiving a new deck of planning poker cards, immediately toss out the high-value cards: 20, 40, 100. For the … more
