I am currently in progress of writing my first Agile book. It is basically a beginners Agile book targeted outside of the software development industry with a major twist. If you would like to participate as a reviewer can you please contact me via twitter with an @AgileRenee mention and then I will …
This blog is in response to a number of requests about creating Agile games. I have spent the last two years creating a number of Agile games and whilst I certainly wouldn’t declare myself and expert next to the amazing machinations of @lukehohmann of Gamestorming I do try to make games that are fun, educational, simple …
As part of my back to basics series I wanted to spend some time on the topic of Retrospectives, otherwise known as Introspection or Reflective Improvement sessions. If the Stand-up is the bread, then the Retrospective is the butter. It is simply just one of the most fundamental elements of doing/being Agile there is. Alike …
Can them what you will – Daily Scrum, a Huddle or a Stand-up, but whatever you call it a Stand-up is one of the simplest Agile (and arguably knowledge and service management) practices out there. Three questions are answered by the “core team”: What I’ve done since we last met… What I plan on doing till …
Jvonvoss at Minds.coremedia.com recently did a very interesting blog – A World without Burndowns: The Unified Taskboard. It was an interesting concept – use your done column to replace your burn down chart. Normally a taskboard will look like this: The done column is just a list of everything that the team has achieved. …
When I mentioned to some community friends that I was going to be reading Steve Denning’s Radical Management book a number of them looked at me as if I had contracted some form of virus. “Why would you read a dumbed down book on Scrum?” they said. The answer for me was simple – Agile, …
If a story is a promise for a conversation then… an estimate is a promise to potentially get it wrong If a story is a promise for a conversation then… a retrospective is a promise to follow through on agreed to actions If a story is a promise for a conversation then… a vision is a promise to …
I have been pondering lately what the purpose of a Scrum Master or Iteration Manager is. Many believe that it is a 100% full time role. Some are even concerned that there are formal positions springing up for this role. Here is my stance (and work in progress model) on the role: The purpose of …
Last week Assembla posted the 7 things they hate about Agile. Here is my take on their seven things I hate about people that hate Agile: 1) My cultural norms are not your cultural norms Apparently according to Assembla everyone that does Agile is old. Damn I have been doing Agile since I was 27. …
This is a back to basics post driven from a number of interesting conversations I have had recently. Firstly here is my personal definition of Agile: An umbrella term for the toolbox of light-weight methods, practices and techniques that are focused on working smarter, not harder. So let’s break that quote down. “An umbrella term” …
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