Ever wondered why you just had a meeting? and what was the value from the time used? Or why meetings are organized the way they are? Here are 5 sure signs that tell you a meeting you just had was a waste of time: Sign 1: The solution/outcome for that meeting is available to everyone …
There’s been a pretty active discussion on #NoEstimates over on twitter. There seems to be a fair ammount of people interested in learning more about how it is applied. Me, I’m interested in developing #NoEstimates further. How? Last week I put out a call for action. I asked people to post questions about #NoEstimates with …
When you have spent a few years researching and practicing Agile software development you tend to not be surprised by new developments. I know I wasn’t… until I saw Joe Justice at #ALE13. Joe is working on a project to build a car that will disrupt the automotive industry. You don’t believe me? Well, what …
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 …
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 …
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, …
How do you prove that estimation is a scam? Well, it’s not easy, especially if luminaries in the Agile community defend that you can honestly estimate a project where you don’t have a team available and only a fuzzy understanding of Requirements or Technology involved, or both! The fact is that many projects are indeed …
In 2000 I was frustrated with the problems I saw in the Software industry, so I decided to study Lean (or Toyota Production System) to see if I could learn something to apply in my projects. As I studied Lean/TPS I discovered a concept that clicked. The concept was Inventory. Inventory is bad (sometimes necessary, …
You’ve probably seen a long, recursive discussion on twitter about #NoEstimates. Some of you, like William Gill may be even interested in a more concrete description that you can apply in your own projects. So here it is. This is my first attempt at a #NoEstimates How To, first presented at Turku Agile Day 2013, …
As I sit here with my red-wine glass and contemplate the #NoEstimates discussion on Twitter for the last few days I can’t help but think that there is a key difference in how I look at Software development when compared with some of the Agile Pioneers like @RonJeffries, or @TOtherAlistair. And I want to explain …
