While this has been known for a little while, I’m now officially announcing that I am an independent consultant and have launched a new company, Cory Foy, LLC, with a new website: http://www.coryfoy.com. I’ll be offering consulting and training services around lean and agile practices, as well as .NET Debugging and Training. I’m also going…
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Reward Systems and Organizational Change
Most of us don’t give much thought into what happens if our house catches fire. We call 911, the firefighters come in their shiny red (or green, or yellow) trucks, pull some hoses, spray some water, and then we call our insurance agent and begin rebuilding. But there is a lot of training and preparation…
Change your organization, or change your organization
Dawn Cannan has a great post up called Change your organization, or change your organization. This is a phrase I use quite often to people, and something I struggled with because of this very thing: There are many techniques for pushing through resistance, but how can you tell a fight that isn’t winnable? Or, at…
For Value Blockage, Take Some X-LACKS
This week, I had the distinct pleasure of co-presenting with the ever lovable Mitch Lacey at the Agile Development Practices conference in Orlando. I also got the chance to have a great conversation with Alan Shalloway about the state of Scrum and the Scrum Alliance, and to run into Alistair Cockburn. This got me thinking…
Guest Post up on 5 Whys about Team Leadership
Roy Osherove has just posted a guest post from me on Team Leadership called Leading Through Learning: The Responsibilities of a Team Leader on his new blog about Team Leadership called Five Whys. Thanks for the opportunity to post Roy!
Programmers: The Top Ten Things Management Hates About Agile
Damon Poole just did a post on the Top Ten Things Programmers Hate About Agile. But it’s not just programmers who dislike agile methods. I’ve come across many managers who feel many of the same things that are on Damon’s list. So without further ado, the top ten things management hates about agile: #10 Agile…
ScrumBut – Part 6 – Demo happens after every sprint
<< Retrospective After Every Sprint | Series Home | Clearly defined Product Owner / PO has a product backlog >> The core concept behind timeboxed iterations is that, every sprint, the team delivers running, tested features. So every two weeks, the team gets together and should be able to demo the features they built to…
ScrumBut – Part 5 – Retrospective after every sprint
<< Sprint Planning Meetings / Sprint Backlog | Series Home | Demo Happens After Every Sprint >> When you think about the hardest part of Scrum, it isn’t the daily stand-ups. Nor the sprint backlog. Not even the demos at the end. The hardest part – and the oft missed part – is “Inspect and…
ScrumBut – Part 4 – Sprint Planning Meetings / Sprint Backlog
<< Daily Scrum | Series Home | Retrospective After Every Sprint >> Ah, the Sprint Backlog. While not quite as visible as the Daily Scrum, the Sprint Backlog makes up the core trifecta of Scrum. And what developer wouldn’t love it? Every two weeks (or four weeks, or whatever iteration length you have) we’ll get…
ScrumBut – Part 3 – Daily Scrum
<< Team Members Sit Together | Series Home | Sprint Planning Meetings / Sprint Backlog >> The most visible – and often most abused – part of Scrum is the Daily Scrum, also known as the “Stand-Up”. In this meeting, the whole team meets with the participants answering three questions: What did I do yesterday?…