So you want to be a CST?
There was a really good session at the Scrum Gathering’s Open Space on some of the challenges around the CST application process.Read More
Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) – What you need to know
I started filling out my CSC (Certified Scrum Coach) application almost a year ago and then I stopped due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I had been using Scrum for quite a while and successfully transitioned a number of teams, but didn’t understand the process and have any context around it to understand how to be successful and even if I should bother. Read More
STC Management Day Talk and the role of User Docs
Below is the presentation I gave at STC (Society for Technical Communication) Management Day in Toronto last week.Read More
Inventors Dilemma and the Dead Core
Ken Schwaber has a great presentation where he talks about the Innovator’s Dillemma and how companies build a (design) dead core.
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Agile PMO: Real Time Governance
Last fall, I had the opportunity to hear Ross Pettit and Jane Robart present at the ThoughtWork QTB in Toronto. You can see the full presentation and slides on InfoQ. (Hint: if you are in Toronto, there is a talk on Legacy Systems coming up on Friday, Feb 5th).Read More
Agility @ Scale – What makes Agile hard
Scott Ambler gave the keynote at Agile Tour Toronto this past Fall. As a conference organizer I only caught part of it, but still there were some useful perspectives that I wanted to share. Read More
Waterfallacy – There is no documentation in Agile
Mike Cohn placed a challenge on his blog for people to describe a Waterfallacy – “A waterfallacy is a mistaken belief about agile that has been caused by prolonged exposure to the waterfall process.” This is to promote his new book – Succeeding with Agile. I have found it very useful in my Agile work and would like you to consider ordering it now to succeed with Agile 😉Read More
Guerrilla Agile – Choosing to value process and tools over individuals and interactions?
Yves started the Agile Retroflection of the day project for 2010. Today’s question is “When would you choose to value process and tools over individuals and interactions?” Read More
Agile Assessment Kickoff Presentation
Yesterday, Gerry Kirk and I kicked off a 4 day Agile Assessment with a presentation aimed at taking some of the uncertainty out of Agile and providing context for the transition/assessment. See slides below. Read More
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 at Agile Tour Toronto, but my notes are based on an earlier talk at a client site.) Read More
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 with Agile Tour Toronto. It took some time to go through all of them so I thought I would post some of the ones I found interesting here to encourage you to check them out and maybe some others. A big thank-you to the Scrum Alliance and authors for posting them. Read More
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.)Read More
