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.
View ArticleRecommended viewing: The Biology of Business
Hat tip to Thom Kearney for drawing my attention to this great presentation:
View ArticleSteps 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...
View Article…because Agile teams burn HOT!
Mishkin Berteig made a great point last week about how The Agile Planning Onion is Wrong. Mishkin notes that “culture both surrounds the planning onion and cuts right through it” . He goes on to...
View ArticleTaking a Few Trips Around the Elephant: A quick and dirty guide to release...
Earlier this week at a combined Agile Ottawa/Ottawa Scrum User Group joint event, Joe Little facilitated an entertaining discussion about the basics of Agile release planning. This gathering was...
View ArticleGames with Distributed Teams at Play4Agile 2013: An unexpected takeaway
One of the most vivid sessions I took part in at the Play4Agile conference in Germany last month was a session on Games for Distributed Teams. Led by the amazing Silvana Wasitova, this discussion...
View ArticleAhoy mateys: Swashbooking yer learnings!
I firmly believe that Sunday mornings are best observed with a pot of hot coffee and a book or two to enjoy. So at Play4Agile2013 in February, on Sunday morning I pitched a Swashbooking session as one...
View ArticleSteward the living instead of managing the machine: Management 3.0
“..the role of leaders should include the stewardship of the living rather than the management of the machine.” Stoos Network Management 3.0 is a class for people interested in bettering the practice...
View ArticleBuilding Your Dreams at Agile India 2014
I had a great time presenting a User Requirements with LEGO Serious Play workshop at Agile India 2014. Sharing LSP with a new crowd is always fun, and the 100+ people who participated were...
View ArticleBuilding Alignment: Team working agreements
True story: During a brand new team’s liftoff workshop, where they were figuring out their team’s identity and purpose and working out how to work together, conversation revealed that several team...
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