Monthly Archives: October 2013

Gamifying Scrum – it’s not enough just to stick a tatty burndown chart on the wall

As I am currently carrying out an Agile Coach role in Germany, I have been trying to discipline myself to spending regular time improving my German. Being a language enthusiast anyway, I have plenty of books and audio to learn … Continue reading

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Waking the team from “the They” mode

One of the realities of working with a development team to help them change and adopt an Agile mindset is the fact that, as human beings, it is very natural for us to slip into a routine, to go along … Continue reading

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The Art of Embracing Change

This post is from agilecoach.typepad.com by Rachel Davies. I enjoyed giving a keynote speech at GOTO Berlin about “The Art of Embracing Change”. The title of my talk was inspired by the subtitle of Kent Beck’s “Extreme Programming Explained” and of course coaching is … Continue reading

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Reducing cycle times: how to cheat properly

Reducing cycle times is a very good way to streamline processes within the software development life cycle. In order to reduce cycle times, there are some bad ways to cheat and some good ways to cheat: Bad ways to cheat: … Continue reading

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Software and tech debt, cooking and washing up

This post does not need to be long.  If I can make a spaghetti carbonara in half an hour, it would be a mistake to think that I could make another and another and another each in half an hour … Continue reading

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Keynote 2 October 9th 2013 | Agile Business Conference 2013 – Agile Across the Board

This post is from agileconference.org by Manav Mehan and Jonathan Elliott. Two of the major market forces in last decade with the greatest impact on Organisations has been the emergence of the ‘Digital Enterprise’ and ‘Organisational Agility’.  If used smartly, both can … Continue reading

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