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Back to Basics Series – Picking It Up Again
Six years ago, I set out to write a series of posts exploring the Agile Principles. I only made it through the first one (customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of valuable software) before life and work pulled me in a dozen different directions. That’s the reality of being in the trenches—sometimes the practice…
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Navigating the Project Seas: Unraveling the Roles of Technical Program Managers and Scrum Masters
In the fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape of project management within agile businesses, the roles of Technical Program Managers and Scrum Masters stand out as crucial components for driving successful project outcomes. Both positions offer unique skill sets and carry specific responsibilities that contribute to the overall efficiency and success of a project. In a recent…
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On Certifications
Are certifications worth the time, effort, and money?
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Fire Hazards
Once upon a time there was a team of dedicated, intelligent, passionate developers and QA engineers who worked on XYZ platform at ABC company. Every day they came to work with the intention of building the best dang platform that ABC had ever seen. However, this team was NOT the original builders. They were the…
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Back to Basics Series – Principle 1
Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html What Does It Mean? There are many interpretations of this principle, but this one is mine. Honestly, I’m not looking to make any ground-breaking revelations here. I’m looking to break it down to get back to basics. It…
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Back to Basics – Overview
About a year ago, Atlassian took to Twitter with their #RetroOnAgile campaign and asked followers to tweet something they liked and something they wished about agile. Under my @MomofXandM handle, I tweeted the following responses: “#ILike the Agile principles and values. #RetroOnAgile” and “#IWish more folks followed the Agile principles and values rather than trying…
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Recommendation of the Week
Sales Driven Development – I wish I had time to write a post about this, but Marcus Blankenship’s article will do.
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Scrum Bubbles Recommendation of the Week
Have you checked out the Agile Uprising Coalition yet? If you haven’t, you should. According to their website, they are a “purpose-built network that focuses on the advancement of the agile mindset and global professional networking between and among practicing agilists.” I check out Agile Uprising regularly to see what my fellow agilists say about…
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“Size doesn’t matter…”
Anyone who tells you size doesn’t matter hasn’t tried to complete a huge mobile app with just two people… in two months. So yes. Size DOES matter. But how big is too big? How small is too small? What is just right? I set out to get some ideas not only from folks I work…
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Hackathon How-To
Recently, my company did its second-ever hackathon. It was somewhat thrown together, but I think the results were amazing. It provided all the scrum teams with a much-needed break from the everyday grind, but more importantly, it gave them the opportunity to work on something they felt passionately about. My company wants to give these…
Scrum Bubbles 