Catégorie : Agile
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Is it an apple, an orange, or a kumquat?
Great post by Dave Nicolette asking “Why is it so hard to find a clear definition of ‘Agile’?” . Go on over and read it.
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An Agile coach’s journey into PMI country – Where PMI got cocky.
My journey is actually the PMI bootcamp – A five day course to prepare for the PMP certification, completed with fellow Agile coach – and it has allowed us to see some great stuff. To the left, we had beautiful Rolling Waves and to the right, Progressive Elaboration. Most days were warm and sunny in…
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An Agile coach’s journey into PMI country – Day 1 – I’m very disappointed!
It feels good to have a common enemy, someone or something to hate or discredit. What this usually does is create a sense of unity between individuals who share a common view. We do this with programming languages (Java vs. .Net), philosophies (Waterfall vs. Agile) and even within those philosophies (Scrum vs. DSDM vs. Crystal…
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My Top 10 Agile events of the decade
My Top 10 Agile events of the decade 1- Creation of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development in 2001 2- Kent Beck re-exposes Test Driven Development in 2003 3- First Agile Conference in 2003, held in Salt Lake City 4- Ken Schwaber releases Agile Project Management with Scrum in 2004 5- Mike Cohn releases Agile…
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A Christmas Retrospective
‘Twas the night before Christmas And Santa was dizzy Trying to grasp Why things got so crazy The plan was perfect Created by experts But the elves on the floor Knew so much more What if we’d Scrummed it Santa as P.O. An ordered backlog And of course the retro A Lift-Off would be…
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I just want my coffee!
My current client is located near a McDonald’s so it has become my office away from the office. The main features of this location are wireless internet connection and of course, lots of coffee. To my surprise, the coffee at McD’s is pretty good! But getting a cup of it is a tad bitter. The…
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The Scrum Hawks
I guess you’ve all heard about chickens and pigs in Scrum. A client of mine just offered me a new one: The Scrum Hawk. He explains it like this : “When SCRUM is new to an organization, the first couple of sprints will likely not go as well as planned. At this point, the scrum…
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What about the team?
What about the team? Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. This basic core value stated in the Agile Manifesto implies so much it’s hard for anyone to totally grasp it. As an Agile coach I owe it to myself and to my clients to properly understand this value and do my best in helping…
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Scrum is like an onion…
Scrum stinks? I don’t think so. Scrum makes you cry? I’ve seen it happen. You leave Scrum out in the sun, it gets all brown, start sprouting’ little white hairs? No! Layers! Scrum has layers! The outer layer of Scrum is the high level process. This includes the ceremonies of Scrum such as the daily…