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One Piece Flow, One Piece At a Time

Posted in agile, lean, scrum, work, tagged , , , , on 1 June, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There’s been a lot of interesting conversation regarding the use of Kanban / Continuous Flow Development models and it’s something that I see a great deal of benefit in. I find myself struggling to understand whether it would be possible to start a team that hasn’t really used a process of any description before out [...]

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The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Making People Believe That He Didn’t Exist

Posted in agile, work on 1 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »

James Shore made a great post the other day, Stumbling Through Mediocrity in which he talks about how dysfunctional companies will never truly reap the benefits of an Agile adoption as they aren’t inclined to actually change their ways. Rob Bowley then followed up with his post, Agile Isn’t Enough likening the introduction of agile [...]

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An Agile Adoption Pattern: Wax On, Wax Off

Posted in agile, scrum, work, tagged , , , , , , on 27 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I know I’ve said before that I don’t believe in an Agile Adoption initiative but humour me a little here…
As I rode home dodging in and out of traffic a couple of weeks ago, with the saddle still as low as it would go from the last descent that we did on the bike ride [...]

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Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard

Posted in agile, scrum, work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 16 May, 2008 | 6 Comments »

This is a post that I’ve had in my drafts for some time now, mainly because I’ve been trying to temper it’s message somewhat, having posted Agile Adoption – Just Say No the other day though I thought it was worth posting as a follow up as it relates to the last of the 3 [...]

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Agile Adoption – Just Say No

Posted in agile, work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 13 May, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Mishkin Berteig has posted an interesting article regarding what he considers the best agile practices to implement now, that is those that deliver the highest return on investment. After the recent reshuffle here I’ve had the opportunity to start to work more closely with a couple of our development teams which has been great.
I agree [...]

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Let The Inmates Run The Asylum

Posted in agile, development, life, work, tagged on 11 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of my colleagues recently sent me a quote from this site which tickled me a bit.
“Those who do not have a clue are still debating about the process.
Those who know, just do it. (56)”
When reading through the rest of the quotes on the page I find the following one more interesting though:
“If you want [...]

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Cost Based vs. Value Based Development

Posted in agile, work, tagged on 28 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve had little involvement with development teams recently (which I’d like to suggest is the reason for the lack of posts but then, I have to be honest…), the involvement I have had though has been with two projects, one of which was already in flight and for one reason or another, was faltering somewhat [...]

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Beware The Iterative Approach

Posted in agile, scrum, work, tagged , , , on 27 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »

During one of our regular divisional management meetings recently, I was pleased to hear the announcement that all development projects will now be approached iteratively.
Strangely, even though this is the first real sign of an acceptance that we should be considering other methods for software delivery and given that I have been trying to promote [...]

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Features vs. Brand

Posted in agile, work, tagged on 10 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

My second bullet point in the Eyes On The Prize post that I made recently was Breaking the Shackles of the Brand. Perhaps this point is applicable more to the other areas of the business that I have worked in but then a derivative of it also exhibits itself elsewhere I think.
In my experience whilst [...]

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Product vs. Project

Posted in agile, work, tagged on 23 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Does it really matter? Well yes, I think so, I think that a Product is derived from a number of Projects but there are 2 other reasons why I think its important to distinguish between them.
Firstly, I think that the word Product serves to focus peoples minds on the fact that what is being delivered [...]

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