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10 Observations About “Agile” Consulting
This week I noticed a lot of discussion on twitter, and mailing lists, and blogs about agile coaching and scrum mastering, and whether it is effective or not, and it just happened to coincide with some...
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Review of Works new Krups Nespresso Coffee Machine
So work got a new coffee machine this week. A Krups Nespresso pod thing, and I was the first one to use it, and would like to write a few short comments about it. I also made a video of me playing...
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Scrum, Kanban, The Marshall Model, Rightshifting, The Synergistic Mindset &...
Over 10 years as a software developer has taught me that investing in technical skill can only get you so far. In fact once I got to the “average agile developer” stage, further investment in acquiring...
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Let’s hear your horror stories
I don’t think there are any perfect systems of knowledge work or product development out there. Almost every workplace can be improved somehow. Even ones without concrete tangible problems can still be...
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My Favorite Youtube Channels
I thought I would share with you some of my favorite youtube channels on various topics. Groeten Uit Delft – I believe it means greetings from Delft. It contains mostly interesting interviews with...
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A story about two conferences
So earlier this month I attended two conferences. It was interesting to compare the vibe at each. The first was Scrum Day 2012 in St. Leon-Rot. In fact I actually attended PSM training with Ken...
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A Story About a Dance
One evening at the village dance, the new girl in town shows up and stands around weirdly for a bit. She is determined to get to know people and integrate as quickly as possible so she musters up the...
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The Häusler Problem-Solution-Value Distance Model
I remember sketching out this simple idea a few months ago, and I have been thinking about it since then, so I decided I should blog about it. It is essentially a model for looking at the general...
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The uncertainty implied by planning poker cards
After hearing about some experiments in using planning poker cards to come up with a estimate range rather than a single estimate, it occurred to me that planning poker cards are categories rather than...
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Lean Kanban Netherlands 2012
Over a month later, I am finally getting around to blogging about this great conference I not only attended, but spoke at. Apart from open spaces, and leading semi-prepared informal discussions at user...
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Retrospective 2012
So this will just be a short note to let you know what happened last year and how I felt about it. We started the year off in a new city and with a new job. I had already spent the previous 6 months...
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My Reading Strategy
I enjoy reading but, I find it difficult to make time to read. There is usually some other thing I find to do instead. I have found that reading in bed in the evenings doesn’t really work. I just don’t...
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Agile Business Thinking
So I went along to a new event yesterday. Apparently the Agile community have taken a bold new step and finally written a new manifesto to address agility outside of software development. Essentially...
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The Limited WIP Society Rhein-Main
I just wanted to write a short note to inform any interested readers that I am in the process of setting up a Limited WIP Society in the Rhein-Main region (the region around Frankfurt). A Limited WIP...
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Pricing, and a little bit about estimation.
So I keep getting involved in discussions on twitter related to the different ways of basing prices for software projects, and it is hard to get some of the subtle details across in 140 character...
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Play4Agile & The Agile Coach Camp
In February this year I attended the Play4Agile unconference for the first time, and more recently I attended the German Agile Coach Camp for the second time. As it was a while ago now, I will just...
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Book Review: The Principles of Product Development Flow
This will probably be a short review, as it has been some months since I have read the book. This book is really dense with information. Many people find it very difficult and suggest reading his...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 times in 2013. If it...
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Conference Catchup
So normally I try and write up a bit about the conferences I attend, but I have been a bit slack lately. Since my last post about the play4agile event and the agile coach camp, I have attended 4...
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#NoEstimates Interview with Fabian Schiller
#NoEstimates – an Interview I met up with Fabian Schiller (Twitter, Blog) recently at the Agile Rhein-Main User Group in Wiesbaden, we started having a brief chat about #NoEstimates, and decided to...
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