Yesterday at the XP2010 conference in Trondheim, Norway I gave a talk on Growing and Fostering Software Craftsmanship. The session was recorded by the conference, but I also recorded using my Flip camera. I put my video online, as well as the slides, and I’m hoping to also be able to post the conference video…
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Analyzing Our Words
Last night I was writing a message to the Scrum Development list when I saw something that struck me. The bottom of my screen showed me that I had received 33,227 messages since I first subscribed to it. I wondered, what have we said since March 27th, 2006 when I first joined? I then also…
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…
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 2 – Team members sit together
<< Timeboxed Iterations | Series Home | Daily Scrum >> One of the realities of many corporate environments is that you work with a group of people called a “team” but a variety of factors prevent you from actually sitting together. At Alistair Cockburn’s keynote presentation (PPT) at Agile 2009, he showed an interesting slide…
ScrumBut – Part 1 – Timeboxed Iterations
<< Introduction | Series Home | Team Members Sit Together >> Perhaps the very first and most widely “adapted” practice in the Scrum world is that of the timeboxed iteration. Henrik’s Scrum Checklist identifies four subareas of concern: Iteration Length 4 weeks or less Always end on time Team not disrupted or controlled by outsiders…