Rainsberger – Intro to Agile via Theory of Constraints
This fall, I had an opportunity to hear J.B. Rainsberger give an interesting, entertaining and educational talk – Introduction to Agile via Theory of Constraints. (The same talk was given […]
Munich 2009 Scrum Gathering Roundup
I was really excited to see the presentations from the Munich Scrum Gathering posted on the ScrumAlliance site since I was not able to attend due to a date conflict […]
Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests
Finally, the last in my series of visual notes from Agile 2009. Not my best, but I wanted to share my thoughts about the session.
Coaching Self-Organizing Teams
Joseph Pelrine gave a really interesting session on “Coaching Self-Organizing Teams” at Agile 2009. (Mark Levison wrote about the pre-cursor to this session last year.)
Visual Notes and MindMapping Supplies
Someone was asking what tools I use to create the visual notes and mind maps. Perhaps the most important is to trust myself that whatever I am drawing is OK […]
Nice to be appreciated
I finished work at a client on Friday.
Ways to start with Agile – books, training, or coaching?
I wrote this to help explain to the different types of approaches companies adopt when getting started with Agile: books, training or coaching. This is based on my experiences, so […]
Agile Tour Toronto Presentation #2 – Agile Executive Briefing
Below are the slides from my first presentation at AgileTourToronto. This is a new one I prepared to communicate Agile to C-Level Management.
Agile Tour Toronto 2009 Blasts off!
Agile Tour Toronto 2009 is over and it was an outstanding success! There were 150+ participants, 17 great speakers and lot’s of learning and sharing. It is really great to […]
Agile Tour Toronto Presentation: A Gentle Introduction to Agile
Below are the slides from my first presentation at AgileTourToronto. It is based on ideas from Alistair Cockburn (among others) and has been a work-in-progress since I started sharing Agile […]
Deliberate Practice – a key to Craftsmanship
At Agile 2009, Mary Poppendieck presented on “Deliberate Practice” – how people become experts. The video and slides are available from InfoQ.
Agile Kick Start and Agile Games Day – Announcing Two Workshops October 19th and 21st
As one of the organizers of Agile Tour Toronto I was thrilled with our success in attracting attendees – we sold out a month before the conference. We decided that […]
