Month

I got to Coach Camp last night and met a lot of new people. There are about 50 people here from all over the US, Canada, UK, Sweden, Ukraine and even India. Friday night was for meeting people, introductions and Lightning Talks. About 20 people talked for three minutes each and I...

Just wanted to post some pictures (sorry, they didn’t make the move – 01/31/2009 CEN) of the Team’s task board as yet another example for people who are curious about how this looks and feels. It is a very, low tech Team tool for talking about the work they are doing....

It’s kinda like going to Hollywood, but for the ubergeeks. When I mentioned this at home, not a single person cared (that much). All they wanted to know is what would they be doing while I was at the conference. It’s in Ann Arbor, MI – so not that much. A few weeks back, I...

One of the more important things I learned in graduate school that applies to my work in the software industry is precision. When I talk about precision, I mean being very clear about what you are claiming (or not claiming). Earlier today, I read this question at the Scrum...

Just this week I participated in a WebExchange of yet another “enterprise Scum tool” with all the cool database, web access and reporting features you could dream of. Apart from some serious misunderstandings of just what Scrum is and how it can be made scalable, the tool was OK....