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Essays from April 2011

2 essays from April 2011

  1. ALE Network in active discussion in the Agile Finland mailing list

    Last Friday looked to be normal day. Too much work, too little time. But then it got better.After I sent an email to the Agile Finland mailing list announcing the Helsinki event to discuss the ALE Network vision, a lot of replies came in. It was a very active discussion. Below is my (necessarily) short …

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  2. What would a European Agile comunity look like? #ALEnetwork

    Many of us have been involved in many different communities. Agile Finland for a start. But also other communities: our local kindergarten or school parent’s group, the school or kindergarten itself; the local neighbors; the apartment building executive board (“hallitus” in Finnish), etc. In fact, if we look back in history all of our history …

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