Scrum and the five dysfunctions of the team.
From time to time, the vice president of your organization wants to speak with you. In my experience, they usually ask me to pack up my desk and leave the company. Currently, that
Legacy
The home of older blog posts that reflect on different times.
Change happens, damn it!
This week, I experienced tremendous change in my agile team. A technical professional made an offer they could not refuse, and they left my development team. It was bound to happen sooner or
The high stakes poker affecting your agile.
Before I worked as a technology professional, I worked in a casino as a pit boss. Each night, I would see fortunes come and go based on the flip of a card or
These facts are holding back your agile adoption.
Once in a while, I see something, and it inspires me. I get fired up and feel like ranting into the night like some crazed deviant looking for windmills to joust. This week,
How my agile is changing
Those of us in the agile community spend much time discussing building software and helping our business partners. What I have discovered over the last six months is that for a large organization