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. …
With the rise of more and more organisations moving towards using Software as a Service (SaaS) and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solutions for their product problems there is a gap in understanding about what Agile can offer in this space. Most believe that Agile firmly just sits with the actual development of the product …
In April 2002 Rob Thomsett released his successful book Radical Project Management. Contained within was a little gem known as Project Success Sliders. In normal Project Management there is a well known term called ‘the Iron Triangle’. This triangle represents the three key facets that a Project Manager needs to normally watch like a hawk …
I had a considerable amount of trepidation when reading this book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The title itself is ellusive and doesn’t lead the reader to understand the value that it might have for them. The subline is a bit more useful “How to Create Uncontested Market Space to Make the Competition …
I know that I am not always the biggest advocate for Scrum. It isn’t that I don’t believe that using it and other Agile techniques doesn’t work. I do believe that there is considerable value in Scrum. But if you read over my other Scrum posts you will understand that I don’t think Scrum has …
Recommended by Bob Marshall in a few tweets I took Martin Lindstrom’s second book on marketing with me to Austria to read predominantly because it was the most lightweight book in my backlog at 218 pages. In retrospect this was probably a bad idea – mostly because for one the hyped up quotes on the …
When my team gets together as a group of coaches it is always an interesting few days. I say this in complete honesty. I find the conversations stimulating. I find the group passion contagious. But I know that some don’t find it that way. Sensing the frustration I asked a colleague what in particular they disliked. I …
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