Agile
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When is Agile Wrong for You?
People often ask me, “When is agile right or not right for a project?” I’ve said before that if the…
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Velocity is Not Acceleration
I see a lot of confusion around velocity in new-to-agile teams. Too many people treat velocity as an acceleration measurement. That…
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A Retrospective in the Park
The other day, I facilitated a sprint retrospective in the park. The sun was shining, and we had all been…
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Management for the masses?
This is an important post. This is the ninth blog post in my mini-series on management, it is the blog…
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Do not (only) meet the budget
In a previous article I wrote The actual decision (of a software architect) should lead to a solution that meets…
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Requirements in an Agile World
On a recent project, there was a pain point where Stories with unclear requirements were ending up with developers. Time…
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Managing requires skills and intuition
If you’ve been reading my series of blogs on management it should be clear by now that I think some…
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Agile Economics: Delusions of Grandeur
Everyone is talking about scaling agile. Certifications for SAFe, LeSS and others seem to be the order of the day.…
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What really must a Scrum Master do?
It’s been a decade since we have had Scrum development methodology introduced to us. I like Scrum, it is really…
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