Anatomy of Peace – A Model for Communication
The Anatomy of Peace is an insightful book about how our default thinking processes lead us to conflict. It reveals a path towards peace.
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Commitment is to People, not Sprints
There is a lot of debate about Sprint Commitments in Scrum. In my mind, the notion of a Sprint Commitment is an anti-pattern. Of course, personal commitment is critical. Read More
Explaining Agile with Lego
At Agile 2011, I spent a lot of my time in the OpenJam running sessions on StrategicPlay® with Lego® so that people would have a chance to experience what I see as a strikingly powerful technology.
Scrum Alliance Thought Leadership Workshop
There will be a workshop at Agile 2011 on building ideas for improving thought leadership in the Scrum Alliance.Read More
Product Camp Toronto 2011 – Vignettes
Product Camp Toronto was above all a great networking opportunity since there were lot’s of breaks between sessions for conversation. The day started with people sitting at tables chatting – and boy was there a buzz!Read More
Agile – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Screencast
Here is a screencast of my presentation on Agile – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
This is your chance to hear about the Ugly harsh realities, the Bad news and the Good opportunities for Agile. Along with a menagerie of problems, the vast majority of so-called “Agile Coaches” are unconsciously incompetent with respect to adopting and transitioning to Agile and a wider toolkit is called for in many situations. But there’s hope for us all: we can stop the madness by changing our outlook and learn the tools at hand to turn this industry around.
Play4Agile Conference – Almost Perfect
I just realized now – a month after the conference – what it was that made Play4Agile a special, magical conference for me. Of course it’s the people, but there is more to it than that.
I am writing this post in hopes of inspiring others to organize similar amazing events.Read More
How to teach anything (Open Space Rules)
Not only was I fortunate to attend Play4Agile in Germany this week, I also had the privilege of working with the organizing team to act as a Spirit Keeper and help with facilitation. During the opening on Friday night we played Constellations and observed that a lot of people already knew Open Space. So how to explain Open Space rules so that newbies learn enough and yet avoid boring the veterans to death? The answer comes from Training from the back of the room: let them teach each other. Then newbies get individual attention and veterans learn it better by teaching it.Read More
Shopping List for Sticky Notes and Markers
The purpose of this post is to provide a shopping list for collocated teams that use Agile to create a Kanban or Scrumboard. This acts as a boundary object to create context and bind a team.
Shopping List for Sticky Notes and Markers
The purpose of this post is to provide a shopping list for collocated teams that use Agile to create a Kanban or Scrumboard. This acts as a boundary object to create context and bind a team.
Open Space Rocks Toronto Agile Community
On Saturday, the Toronto Agile Software Development Community had its inaugural Open Space event called Agile Open Toronto. It went really well. Lot’s of positive feedback and of course tips for improving next time.Read More
User Interface Engineering – Agile 2009 Banquet
Jared Spool gave a pretty good banquet keynote for Agile 2009 on User Interface Engineering. The main point is that is that very successful companies use amazing interfaces as a key competitive advantage. And the key to this is good user experience design. Read More
