Stuck in Ha (Ron Jeffries on state of Agile)
Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson gave a closing plenary session at Agile 2010 in the form of a dialog with lots of few cute photos thrown in for fun. Read More
Agile 2010 Keynote by Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas talked about a lot stuff so I pulled out the bits that resonated with me and bear emphasis.Read More
How We Do Things Around Here in Order to Succeed
I attended Israel Gat‘s session with this title at Agile 2010. I was already familiar with some of the concepts based on a private seminar given to my coaching circle by Michael Spayd.
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Video on Agile Executive Briefing
About a year ago I gave this presentation at Agile Tour Toronto 2009 – Agile Executive Briefing – Situational Assessment and 50,000ft view of Agile. DZone finally posted it. Read More
Biggest bang for the buck! Strategies to organize & prioritize your backlog
Here are the slides and reference links for the session Gino Marckx and I are giving at Agile 2010 in AugustRead More
How to Read a Book
A friend and fellow Agile coach – Jason Cheong-Kee-You – told me about this approach to get more out of books. It is one of those little nuggets that help make every day life go better. Thanks also to Allister McKinnell for starting the chain reaction. Read More
Use Value Stream Mapping for Current State Assessment
This post is about how I run a value stream mapping workshop as part of an Agile/Lean readiness assessment or as part of ongoing process improvements. Read More
Serious Problems? Use A3 Technique to Nail ’em!
This post shows the A3 technique and how it is an effective management tool.
The contents of this post are my summary of THE BOOK on this subject: Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor and lead – by John Shook. Available via Lean Enterprise Institute and Ocapt (in Canada).
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Go Faster with Root Cause Analysis
One of the workshops I run is to help team members understand root cause analysis. I use it with operations teams as well as product development teams. My workshop goal is to have people leave with a basic understanding and some practice. Read More
Learning Through Games
As a trainer, I have become increasingly convinced that games and simulations provide an excellent platform for learning concepts and new behaviours. I am playing and training with more and more games than ever before. It was getting hard for me to remember all the games and decide which one to use in a particular situation. (Can someone please create a public website where we can list games, rate them and tag them by the problems they solve?) Read More
Accelerate Your Team with Cross-Training Charts
Cross-training charts (also skill training charts) are a standard part of the Lean toolkit. They are used to identify limited skill sets that can lead to bottlenecks and work stoppage. See manufacturing example.Read More
Kanban is a Gateway Drug
For years I have preferred Scrum as a starting place rather than XP since it is easier to adopt. One of the patterns of Fearless Change is to take small steps. Scrum is a much smaller step than XP. That’s old news. Lot’s of folks like to start with XP, that’s OK by me.Read More
