A few day’s ago, conference chair Jim Newkirk tweeted his top 10 reasons why you should attend this year’s Agile Conference being held at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel. I thought they were compelling enough to warrant an entire blog post! So, here goes, in reverse order: 10 - Something...

Jim Newkirk’s Top 10 Reasons To Attend Agile2010 →

I posted back in January about the upcoming Agile 2010 Conference in Nashville, TN . Just a reminder that the submissions deadline for the Agile 2010 conference is rapidly approaching. The system will close on February 26th, so get your submissions in by then. Register here: Agile 2010 – Be A Speaker...

Agile 2010 Conference Submissions Deadline →

The dates and venue for this years Agile Conference have been announced. The conference is from August 9th to 13th in Nashville, Tennessee. You can find out more details about being a presenter or attending the conference at http://www.agile2010.org/ . The submission system will be open soon if you have...

Dates And Venue For Agile 2010 Announced →

I was looking through some back issues of Director magazine today, and stumbled across an article that was written in March 2008 entitled Terminal 5 Comes Alive. It is an interesting read that discusses the leadership approach taken when BAA built Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport. The first thing...

Heathrow Terminal 5 - The Agile Terminal? →

There is a chain of coffee shops in Shanghai (maybe all of China?) called SPR Coffee.  I really like the slogan that they use on their paper cups - "No Full Stops In Quality".  It reminds me that, no matter how high your quality is now, or how good your processes and practices are...

Post Game Huddle : No Full Stops In Quality →

I travel a reasonable amount for work. I live 25 miles from London's Heathrow airport and 20 miles from London's Gatwick airport and neither is conveniently accessible to me using public transportation. As a result, I regularly need to use a taxi company to deliver me to and pick me up from the requisite...

Customer Satisfaction: Why 95% Isn't Good Enough →

I attended a number of excellent sessions at the Agile 2007 conference in Washington D.C. this year. One of the most thought provoking for me was the session by Bob Martin on Developer Professionalism and Craftsmanship. I have worked as both a developer and as a manager of developers for many years....

Developer Professionalism and Craftsmanship →

I just read Sanaz's post on being in "Ship Mode" - the state of your mind in the period running up to a ship date. In her post, she describes a state where you are working extra hard, often doing longer hours or weekend work, your inbox overflows, even your music style changes (r'n'b gives way to rock...

"Ship Mode", Overtime and Agile Development →

In your personal life, when you start a task, I would make a guess that you are normally pretty clear in your mind about what steps you have to take to be finished. Painting your living room might involve moving some furniture, masking the edges, painting a number of coats. You also need to perhaps choose...

Post Game Huddle : Defining Done →

There is a great article by Robert Holler (president and CEO of VersionOne ) over at the Agile Journal website that talks about the 5 C’s of Agile Management . In the introduction to the piece, there is one sentence that I found very interesting: “Yet individuals with the desire to change...

The 5 C's of Agile Management →

It has been 13 months now since I posted my first entry under the “Scrum / Agile Development” category. That was when I had just been certified as a ScrumMaster and my team was very early on in its adoption of Agile. Since then, I have learned an awful lot, but I haven’t felt like I...

Post Game Huddle : Agile Development Learnings →

http://www.waterfall2006.com/ I’ll see you there…!

About 3 months ago, my group at MSN decided to adopt a new project management methodology called Scrum . Projects undertaken using Scrum take an iterative and incremental approach to software development. The keys to success are frequent inspection and adaptation. Every day, you examine the world in...

Scrum and Agile Development →