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A Better Path To the “Definition of Done” 25 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
As more companies try to adopt ideas from Scrum, I notice that some have real trouble with the so-called “Definition of Done”. This idea seems sensible: we define general criteria for what constitutes...
Individual Kanban Boards for Your Programmers? Bad Idea. 23 Aug 2013 | 11:45 pm
Pull systems provide a lot of the value in Lean/Agile approaches to delivering software. In general, throughput increases as we move towards pull systems. More throughput means more profit. In simple ...
A Powerful Question: What do we like about this? 22 Jul 2013 | 11:29 am
I recently spoke with Deborah Preuss about Powerful Questions (read about that here) and it reminded me of a conference session that I attended several years ago about the dangers of testing software ...
Powerful Questions: how questions speak louder than advice 18 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
Deborah Preuss invited me to talk about the power of asking questions, which my work as a programmer, trainer, mentor and adviser forced me to discover, whether I wanted to or not. Without meaning to,...
Münchner Spezialangebot ! / Special Offer for Munich 9 Jul 2013 | 09:40 pm
A special offer for my Munich friends and colleagues! I love coming to Europe, and I really love working with European clients. It doesn’t seem to matter which part of the continent: I always have a ...
Understanding Coupling and Cohesion 3 Jul 2013 | 12:36 am
I invited some of my friends to discuss the nebulous concepts of coupling and cohesion in software design. How do we think about these topics? How do we understand the terms? How do we use that in our...
SOA and Agile: Friends? Enemies? Frenemies? 28 May 2013 | 12:45 pm
Matt Simms (@matty_simms) asked me this: @jbrains Chicken and Eggs, Chicken and Pigs, Architecture vs Agile. Can you do SOA (or Architect.) and be Agile? Still learning, be gentle — Matt Simms (@mat...
Recommended Event: Agile Coach Camp, Toronto 23 May 2013 | 11:40 pm
If you can travel to Toronto for June 14-16, 2013, then I recommend that you check out Agile Coach Camp. If you’re a coach, then you’ll refine your craft with others. If you’re not, then you’ll have y...
Don’t Waste Your Golden Learning Opportunity! 10 May 2013 | 09:26 pm
Problems start when we turn any learning method into a ritual. Learning stops, then dogma, arrogance and intolerance begin. — Stephen Parry (@LeanVoices) May 7, 2013 Very true. I've watch dozens of ...
The World’s Best Intro to TDD (demo video) 19 Apr 2013 | 02:00 pm
You deserve the World’s Best Intro to Test-Driven Development, and here it is. This demonstration video chronicles delivering the first feature of a point of sale terminal using real-life technologie...
