Without freedom, one’s creativity cannot bloom. ~ Dalai Lama On Creativity In his 2005 A Survey of Organizational Creativity, Wayne Morris of New Zealand found that 2 of the top 3 Factors that facilitate or enhance organizational creativity are Time and Space/resources to pursue ideas. Google stands as a preeminent topic brought up by software [...]
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Over the last few years we’ve seen a growing discontent around the idea of Iterations or Sprints. It excites me that the software community is actively engaged in questioning the long held canon of Agile practices. Through these explorations we as an industry will find a greater depth of understanding. Over time this can only [...]
One of the important aspects of Scrum and the more fundamental concept incremental delivery is building Done software each iteration. There are a lot of holes in that statement, but that makes sense; Scrum is full of holes… on purpose. If you want answers rather than a framework built for learning, Agile ain’t for you. [...]
I’ve always received great feedback when describing the cone of uncertainty to groups on a whiteboard using events in time rather than simply an abstract timeline. Today I put a graphic together that I can easily share or refer to. Thought I’d post it for others as well. Feel free to use it and let [...]
What would a Monday following an Agile conference be without the announcement of a new group focused on quality practices! I’m happy to announce that Cincy Clean Coders is really going to happen. Details can be found at http://cincycleancoders.com, but suffice it to say the inaugural meeting will be held April 7th at 6pm [...]
Cincinnati Day of Agile, to be held March 26th, 2011 at Savannah Conference Center, is open for registration. This is a cheap ticket with huge returns that sold out quick last year. We’ve made more tickets available this year, but don’t expect them to last too long. Register here: http://cincydayofagile.org/ Topics you’ll find [...]
Meetings are hard. They can easily suck the life out of your day, week, or *gasp* job. Let pain be your guide. (Thanks @coreyhaines) I recently had to work through a mountain of feedback data provided by a limited product release. User Experience experts, random individuals, and customers known for their willingness to provide quality [...]
[Correction: This is the first for the new year. This certainly is not the first ever.] I’m happy to announce that our first Professional Scrum Developer course of 2011 is scheduled for February 21st. This is a course which practices 5 days of craftsmanship, collaboration, and sustainable pace via the Scrum framework. Practice is the [...]
"Your team may be dysfunctional … but at least you can see the impediments. Now you have the ability to do something about it!" – Kane Mar – Scrumology, Scrum Coach This fantastic statement about Scrum highlights the most important aspect of Scrum that is invariably lost in most Scrum implementations in which an experienced [...]
A team I’m working with has come a long way in cutting through the crap of the Daily Scrum. Your time is valuable don’t fill it with empty words. During our most recent retrospective, two comments, among others, came up: Daily Scrums are faster and more direct. (Good) We are bad at gardening the backlog [...]