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Agile
Trust, Accountability, and Where Does the Time Go?
As more of my clients transition to agile, many of them have a fascinating question: How do I assess who…
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Career
Do You Need a Degree to be Hired to Develop Software?
I retweeted a link to Here’s a Thing: There’s No Correlation Between a College Degree and Coding Ability. I was a…
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Why Managers Ask for Estimates and What They Need to Know
In many of my transitioning to agile clients, the managers want to know when the project will be done. Or,…
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Agile
Four Tips for Managing Performance in Agile Teams
I’ve been talking with clients recently about their managers’ and HR’s transition to agile. I hear this common question: “How…
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Career
7 Tips to Starting a Job Search
Do you have a resolution to find a new job this year? Check out these tips for a better, streamlined…
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Career
Job Search Trap: It Doesn’t Matter What I Look Like
If you are a technical person, you probably dress in a casual way for work. I do. When it’s time…
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Agile
How Do You Serve Your Organization?
A recent coaching client was concerned about the progress his team was making—or really, the lack of progress his team was…
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Agile
When Should You Move from Iterations to Flow?
I’m writing part of the program management book, talking about how you need to keep everything small to maintain momentum.…
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Agile
Who Removes Your Obstacles?
In self-organizing teams, teams remove their own obstacles. It’s a good idea. It can be difficult in practice. In Scrum,…
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