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Agile Metrics: Be careful what you ask for
Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Ain’t that the truth? When looking at agile projects, there are a few very obvious ways to track team progress. You can look at sprint and release burndowns, velocity charts, cumulative flows, etc. However, what the…
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What is it like being married to an agile coach, anyway?
On 03/11/14 7:31 AM, Robert Neil wrote: ——————– Do you do private agile training? I think being agile is very important when participating in projects that require difficult positions.I would like you to show me how to properly scrum my wife. As a coach would you actually assist, or just give verbal advice during the “meeting”?…
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Some Thoughts on Scope Creep
According to wikipedia (and various other sources), scope creep is defined as follows: Scope creep (also called requirement creep and feature creep) in project management refers to uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project’s scope. This can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented, or controlled. It is generally considered harmful. In an agile project, however, sometimes uncontrolled…
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Managers CAN Help Self-Managed Teams!
One of the tenets of agile is forming self-organizing teams. This brings autonomy and ownership to the teams that helps promote the agile value that favors individuals and interactions over processes and tools. If the very definition of a self-managing team is a self-organized, semi-autonomous small group of employees whose members determine, plan, and manage…
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
Check out @mike_bowler’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/mike_bowler/status/371049721424388096
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Recommended Agile Reading
From time to time, I will review and/or list books that I find helpful. I don’t have time to go into a full review while I’m on my lunch break, but right now I’m re-reading The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (Pragmatic Programmers), by Jonathan Rasmusson. It’s a great back-to-basics book for those…
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How to Give a GREAT Demo!
One of the major tenets of Agile is the Product Demo. As we all know, agile encourages us to demo at the end of our sprints. This is done for several reasons. Not only does this keep us accountable to our customers, but it helps us to focus on forward thinking. At many companies, it…
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