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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…
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Reboot!
I’m back!
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Martin Fowler’s Take on Co-located vs. Remote
I haven’t posted in a while, but this is a good blog post I thought needed sharing.
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The Impact of Agile Quantified
Turns out, Rally has been collecting some very useful data! Have a look!
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Your Reputation Precedes You
How do scrum masters search for jobs? Just like anyone else. We check openings on places like Indeed, Dice, and LinkedIn. We submit resumes. We go to interviews. We network as much as we can. In fact, we network A LOT. Most people in the tech industry get jobs based on recommendations from their peers. …
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Don’t Take Daily Stand-ups for Granted
For the uninitiated, gathering every day for 15 minutes to discuss the goings-on of current work might seem a little redundant and useless. All the same people say many of the same things over and over again. But to the experienced, there’s a lot more to it than that.
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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 7
How the heck are you supposed to have an up-to-date status of your team’s needs, let alone an up-to-date status of project progress? As of last week, we have twice-a-week scrums on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I can glean only a smattering of what the team is working on at these meetings since said meetings seem…
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CustomMade design sprint with Google Ventures Design Studio
This is a really good way to get a product off the ground, and the ramp-up is relatively short! I’d love to try this!
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Swag and TDD
So… while the agile world is debating whether or not Test Driven Development (TDD) is dead, I’m going to talk about something completely random. SWAG Yes. You read that right. I recently received a pen for speaking at a small Power User Summit in Broomfield, CO. I gave a 20 minute presentation on Agile basics…
Scrum Bubbles 