I’ve started work on some new videos and this time it’s all about Agile Estimating, Planning and Contracts. This is the obvious next step having completed Scrum101, and I’m apply some of the lesson that I learnt. I’ve recorded about an hours worth of audio and, at this moment, it feels like I’m about a [...]
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5 Questions – Issue 4
In issue 4 of the five questions series we hear from Alistair Cockburn. Alistair is a leading agile evangelist and book author and recently presented a number of sessions at the Orlando Scrum Gathering, including the “panel of 5” open discussion with the likes of Ken Schwaber, Mike Cohn, Ron Jeffries and Jim Coplien. Alistair [...]
A collection of funny Scrum videos
Richard Hundhausen has put together a great list of funny Scrum/Agile related videos. Some of these are classics such as High Moon Studios: Portrait of Scrum and Adam Weisbart’s Shit Bad Scrum Masters say. Be warned, not all of these are actually that funny. I’ve never found The Downfall of Agile Hitler to be funny, because the [...]
5 Questions – Issue 3
In issue 3 of the five questions series we hear from Mike Cohn.Mike is the author of some of the most successful IT books, including Agile Estimating and Planning, User Stories Applied and his upcoming new book Succeeding with Agile. A big thankyou to Mike for taking the time to squeeze these answers into his [...]
5 Questions – Issue 2
In issue 2 of the five questions series we hear from one of the godfarthers of Scrum Ken Schwaber. Ken (along with Jeff Sutherland) is responsible for creating Scrum way back in the day, not only that but Ken created (or helped create) the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. Ken has produced three Scrum [...]
5 Questions – Issue 1
This is the first instalment of a brand new series of articles I will be bringing you over the next few months (or years, depending on its success). I have devised five questions that I intend to put to some of the leading lights in the Scrum industry, either famous, infamous or just those with [...]
Chance to win a complimentary ticket to Scrum Australia.
I have one complimentary (free) ticket to Scrum Australia on April 10th-11th. This is the very first regional Scrum conference, and there’s a great lineup of speakers including Kenny Rubin, Ilan Goldstein, Justin Urbanski, Matthew Hodgson, Jason Harwood, Bernd Schiffer, and many many more. Tickets are normally $550 but if you’d like a chance to [...]
An excerpt from Improving Agility: Agile certifications.
I thought I’d share the start of Agile Certifications. Apart from the preamble, the meat of this excerpt is the chapter “Trends in Agile Development”. Here’s a teaser quote: The online jobs website, Indeed.com provides simple charts and reports lending insight. This is the graph for the percentage growth of job postings containing the phrase [...]
Did you know that there are over 6 different organizations offering agile certifications? Do you know what those organisations are, or the pros and cons of the different certifications? And, what certification is right for you? Improving Agility: Agile Certifications is an overview of the major organizations offering agile certifications. Agile certifications are controversial and create [...]
Agile demand outstripping supply
InfoQ has an interesting article that went largely unreported on how Agile demand is outstripping supply. I’ve noticed this also while researching my ebook on Agile Certifications. The infoQ article points to two sources, CWJobs of the UK and Yoh IT based in the US. Some of the information coming out of Yoh IT include [...]
How Scrum 101 was made.
I’ve always been fascinated by how different websites work and the technologies behind them, so I thought I’d briefly discuss how Scrum101 is put together and what drives it. The whole setup is relatively simple, although I have to admit it took some time and effort to make is simple. There is a wide variety [...]
Excerpt from Scrum 101: Scrum and XP
There is often confusion about Scrum and XP. The are both Agile frameworks because both were represented as part of the creation of the Agile Manifesto and yet they have their differences. Is it possible to use elements of both? And, if we wanted to do that how should we go about it? I tried [...]
Excerpt from Scrum 101: Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
One of the biggest advantages of adopting scrum is the roles and responsibilities. They’re very well thought out and designed to reduce conflict if interest. Within Scrum there is no hierarchy with respect to the roles. The Scrum Master is not the boss of the team, and the Scrum Master is not subordinate to the [...]
Scrum 101 … an intensive online introduction to Scrum
Scrum101 is a side project that I’ve been working on and off for over a year. It started as some experiments in video, because I wanted to learn how my live course material would translate into video and if there was something that I could do with that. The vision I had when I started [...]
Guest post: Planning Poker – The Power of Two
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 [...]