To plan an Agile project most teams play Planning Poker to estimate the size of user stories. Tools are available like a deck of cards, paper or nowadays even Apple/Android apps. Simplicity is one of our Agile principles and The Power of Two practice allows you to play Planning Poker without any need for these [...]
Guest post: Specialized Skills
Whether we’re talking about revolutionary new web services, IT systems to automate internal procedures, or products to sell in boxes, there are many different sorts of things that need to be done. We need to envision the product, decide what’s required to be done, design it, build it, make sure ...
Guest post: Specialized Skills
Whether we’re talking about revolutionary new web services, IT systems to automate internal procedures, or products to sell in boxes, there are many different sorts of things that need to be done. We need to envision the product, decide what’s required to be done, design it, build it, make sure it works, and put it [...]
Weekend Reading
This video documentary is so worthwhile watching. It’s about an game arcade built out of cardboard boxes and packing tape. Great stuff especially when news of Caine’s Arcade hit the ‘front page of the internet’. And also … You’re on a racing yacht, 650 miles from the finish line of the fifth leg of an [...]
Guest post: What is an Agile Coach
Recently a friend asked about the definition of the title, “Agile Coach.” Googling “agile coach” informs me that there are about 205,000 pages with that term. Obviously the term is in widespread use. I don’t typically call myself an Agile Coach, though I’ll use that term informally if it’s the term used by those with [...]
Weekend Reading
I really enjoyed this info graphic showing the rise and fall of online empires. With the exception of AOL, I’ve had an account on every one of these services. The ‘net has changed (and continues to change) very quickly. Via: CenturyLinkQuote.comInteresting links from the interwebs … The Costs of a Struggling Team #Scrum #Agile @neribr [...]
Guest post: The IT Manager’s Dilemma with Software Debt
The team continues to complain about working with that legacy codebase because it has so much debt. That software debt slows them down in feature delivery and they are wondering if we can push for priority to be put into paying it back some?” asked the ScrumMaster. The IT Development Manager looked distraught about the [...]
