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Mitch Pronschinske06/06/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Stand-ups

Chet Rong. He SUCKS as an agile coach. You should watch this funny skit about how Chet suggests we do Stand-ups. Don't actually take his advice.

Jurgen Appelo06/06/13
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Move Your Desk

After I had moved my desk, whatever happened, I was always around. This allowed me to pick up much more of what was going on, and understand much better what other people cared about.

Mark Needham06/06/13
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Ego Depletion

A series of surprising experiments [...] has shown conclusively that all variants of voluntary effort – cognitive, emotional, or physical – draw at least partly on a shared pool of mental energy.

Roman Pichler06/06/13
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Learning what a product should look like and do, and building solid, shippable software are different concerns. Separating the two aspects and distinguishing between learning and execution helps you manage the stakeholder expectations, select the right research and validation techniques, and choose the right sprint goals.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Team Structure

Meet Chet Rong. He is the world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit and make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Today we have 'The Wrong Way to do Team Structure'.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Specifications

It's Chet Rong again. The world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit, but make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Learn 'The Wrong Way to do Agile Specifications'.

Ian Mitchell06/05/13
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Agile Teamwork in Practice

What's the best way to encourage agile teamwork? In this article we look at the best practices that underpin high-performing agile teams and make them more than the sum of their parts. We also tackle the thorny matter of discipline. What should be done if a team member doesn't measure up?

Jurgen Appelo06/05/13
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Move Your Feet

The advice to walk around in the organization is often presented under the Japanese name Gemba, which says that one ought to be there where people are working, in order to understand how well they can do their jobs and what they need from you.

Roger Hughes06/04/13
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So, What's in a Story?

I don't know about you, but I always feel a little nervous when it comes to writing Agile stories. I often worry whether I'm the best person to write them and if I've got them right.

Allan Kelly06/04/13
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The Real Lessons of Lego (for Software)

Lets leave aside the fact that software is a damn sight more complex than small plastic bricks, lets leave aside too the fact that Lego makes a fine kids toy but on the whole we don’t use it to build anything we use at work (like a car, bridge or house), and lets pretend these people have a point….

Paul Underwood06/04/13
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Version Control: Git vs SVN

In this post we are going to look at the benefits of working with version control and the difference between two of the most popular version control repositories, GIT and SVN.

Mitch Pronschinske06/04/13
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500 Startups: What's Trending Worldwide -- The Lean Startup and More

In this talk, Dave will strive to make sense of the impact the Lean Startup Movement (of which 500 Startups and its portfolio companies are great fans of) has had on entrepreneurship, particularly in Silicon Valley, where Dave is based.

Kane Mar06/03/13
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How a Traditional Project Manager Felt Relief by Doing Scrum.

About 2 years ago I noticed that I no longer recognized some of the more recent Scrum trainers. I really want to get to know the wider Scrum community, and I decided that the way that I would do it would be by doing interviews and then sharing those videos.

Dave Fecak06/03/13
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The Engineer’s Engineer

Generally, I want to tell all these people the same thing. If you really enjoy the work and want to be successful in the business for a long time, you should try to make decisions, think like, and become an engineer’s engineer.

Trisha Gee06/03/13
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Adjusting to Working Remotely

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. It was a shock to the system to have this level of autonomy. I've worked in various types of company over the 15 years people have paid me to develop code, but nothing prepared me for this.

Matthias Marschall06/03/13
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How Value Stream Mapping can Speed up Your Cycle Time From Years to Weeks

On Apollo 13, tensions ran high, but, instead of blaming each other for the mistakes they made, they concentrated on the system of the space craft and how to work with what was left of it. The same is true for your development process. Focus on the whole system instead of blaming each other for slow releases of new features.

Johanna Rothman06/02/13
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Strategic vs. Tactical Management Work

Strategic work is difficult. It requires thought and discussion. Tactical work is difficult in a different way. Tactical work often demands answers quickly. Strategic work, assuming you don’t postpone it and create management debt should take longer because reflection is a good thing for strategic work.