Welcome back. I trust you had a good New Year, and are looking forward to 2012. Regular readers may notice that I’ve done occasional guest posts. These have introduced some variety to this blog both in terms of topic and style. Although I try very hard to write regularly, I find that a blog written [...]
Weekend reading 12/22/2011
I’ll be taking a few weeks break but I’ll be back early in 2012 with some interesting content that I think you’ll enjoy. Until then … Merry Xmas! Interesting links from the interwebs … Trifecta of Doom: How Expectations for/about Managers Stymie Learning #Scrum #Agile Agile and Lean Development on @Quora All news and discussion [...]
How to do Agile performance reviews
My last post of Performance reviews and Scrum left some readers unsatisfied. Brett send me an email where he comments: So, while my heart leapt when I saw this link, sadly I was bitterly disappointed to discover that despite the fact its one of your most frequently asked questions, you didn’t actually answer it at [...]
Weekend Reading 12/16/2011 – Back with a twist
One of the most frequent requests that I receive is to re-instate the Weekend Reading posts which were summaries of interesting posts trending on the interwebs. I’ve experimented with different ideas including creating a new blog dedicated to the weekend reading column. And, one-by-one I’ve rejected each idea either because I found it boring or [...]
Building a car with principles for Scrum, Agile and Lean
Joe Justice presented the opening keynote at the Scrum Global Gathering in London. The topic was how Agile, Lean, and Scrum can fit manufacturing. More specifically he talked about the development of the SGT01 – a 100 mpg, four-seat commuter car with a mid-engine and rear-wheel drive. This is an interesting keynote in large part [...]
