Category: Agile
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Leaving a family and joining a new one.
I recently made the difficult decision to leave Pyxis. I didn’t just leave a company, but also a family. I started at Pyxis in 2004 and what an amazing roller-coaster ride it was! I was first hired by François Beauregard as programmer then moved on to become a ScrumMaster and the last three years were…
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Steps for creating a new game
Play is powerful stuff. I had the tremendous good fortune to take part in Play4Agile, an Unconference on games for Agile teams held near Frankfurt, Germany two weekends ago. It was a tremendous amount of fun and a really intense learning experience — there were so many skilled and enthusiastic people there to learn from…
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My top posts of 2010
Top 3 : 1. 10 ways to be happy on an Agile project 2. Scrum Easy Install 3. Can’t wait to go home and hug my resource! Looking forward to a new year of blogging! Cheers!
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Joy of Agile – On the plane!
Attached are excerpts of the internal news bulletin of an organization we started coaching in 2008. They had the courage to do things differently and are now reaping the benefits. Being in the avionics industry, the challenges in adopting an Agile approach were immense. But the highly capable team members and management at CMC Electronics…
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It’s finally here! Scrum Easy Install® 2.5
Having problems with software delivery? Quality is less than ideal? Business doesn’t talk with IT? I’m sure IT doesn’t even talk with IT! Am I right?! Don’t diddle daddle with annoying coaches and expensive training. ALL you need to do is stick our Scrum – Easy Install® CD in your computer and press GO. In just…
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10 ways to be happy on an Agile project
In the last few days, I’ve been getting messages with joyful and happy themes attached to them. I was then prompted to ask myself why some people are downright miserable working within an Agile framework, while many others would not have it any other way. Thinking of various individuals from different teams and industries, I tried…
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Devil’s Project
Don’t update that burndown chart Close your eyes and stay in the dark If the ghouls and goblins were to see It would mean trouble for you and me Those demons are really scary Filling the Backlog with all kinds of stories Scope is increasing by the hour If they don’t stop soon, their heads…
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Can’t wait to go home and hug my resource!
It’s been a tough yet fulfilling week. Now that it’s over, I finally get to go home and give a huge hug to my 11 year old resource! You might have guessed, but I’m talking about daughter who I love more than anything! But since she’s simply a resource, I can easily replace her with…
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Agile Coaching : Baby Steps or Bad Precedence?
How do we go about to instill an Agile mindset and help teams deliver quality solutions? The two main strategies are the “Big Bang” and pilot project approach. I’ve never had the opportunity to go ahead with a Big Bang, so the alternative has been to find a cool project, get a team together, Scrum…
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Recommended viewing: The Biology of Business
Hat tip to Thom Kearney for drawing my attention to this great presentation: