Agile
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Infrastructure, Technical Debt, and Automated Test Framework
I’ve had several conversations in email and with clients recently that have all been about this question: “What do we…
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Software Engineering needs leaders, not ScrumMasters!
I recently reflected on SCRUM and the role of the ScrumMaster. We know that a ScrumMaster should act as a…
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Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams
I’ve been working with geographically distributed and dispersed teams for the past couple of years. Some of them on quite…
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That’s Not Agile!
If you work with a bunch of agile minded developer’s, you often hear the phrase “That’s not Agile!” It’s quite…
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Agile’s Customer Problem
Agile methods like Scrum and XP both rely on a close and collaborative relationship and continual interaction with the customer…
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Playing around with pomodoros
Over the last 3/4 months I’ve been playing around with the idea of using pomodoros to track all coding/software related…
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Agile Before there was Agile: Egoless Programming and Step-by-Step
Two key ideas underlying modern Agile development practices. First, that work can be done more effectively by Whole Teams in…
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4 Warning Signs that Agile Is Declining
I’ve been thinking lately about how agile turned out to be the way we know it today. And the more…
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The Architecture Spike Kata
Do you know how to apply coding practices the technology stack that you use on a daily basis? Do you…
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