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Essays from August 2013

4 essays from August 2013

  1. Most Awesome people to follow, the #ale13 version Part II

    Yesterday I posted about two people whom I think everyone interested in the topics of this blog should follow. I’ve met them at #ALE13 this year and am impressed with the work that they are doing. Today I’ll recommend two other people to follow: Kurt Haeusler: Kurt had a great presentation today on Offers and …

    1 min read

  2. Amazing content created by Agile practitioners can change lives

    Have you heard of Scrum? An Agile methodology that swept the world by storm? Or Real Options? An approach that can change you manage risk and value in your projects? Or Impact Mapping? Probably the most revolutionary product management and requirements management approach created in the last 10 years? You can change people’s lives I …

    2 min readteams

  3. Most awesome people to follow, the #ale13 version

    Here are some of the awesome people that I have met at #ale13 and you should follow on twitter: Angel Medinilla: a super energetic Agile consultant from Spain who is an Aikido practitioner (trend with Agilists?) He is a great conversation partner and I expect great things from his work. An awesome secret is that …

    1 min read

  4. What is my role as a team leader? A continuous improvement guide to help you grow as an Agile Manager

    What is the role of management? As an agile coach and as a line manager I’ve gotten or asked that question several times over the last 10 years. When you introduce agile into an organization, middle managers (typically techs who climbed the management ladder) are faced with an identity crisis. I was also. I mean, …

    6 min read

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