Best Links of the Week – August 13th 2010

Posted By : Carlton

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Beat the summer heat with these engaging posts.

Lean Software Experience Report – detailed discussion of how XP and Lean were combined for GlaxoSmithKlein IT projects to support new drug development.
Making People Before Making Products – great article highlighting the import role management plays in developing & mentoring knowledgable workers; watch out for the funky scrollbar.
How to Succeed With Scrum When Your Company is Anti-Agile? – Rob Diana talks about how to recover from previous failed Agile attempts in your company with time-honored values such as lies and entrapment.
How to Do Agile When We Only Have 50 Crap Developers? – a short rant on the importance of having good people on your Agile team; the comments are very interesting, too.
Pair Programming Interviews – an experience report from Rob Bowley on how to use pair programming in your interview process.
The Secret Sauce Recipe to Agile Coaching – Rob Myers talks about what it takes to become an excellent coach for an Agile team.
A Coaching Toolkit – a collection of principles to keep in mind when coaching Agile teams.
Scrum Adoption #1: Awakening – Tobias Mayer examines the concept of awakening as a prerequisite for making inroads with Scrum in your company.
How to Screw Up Agile – great mind map on the factors which inhibit (and help) Agile grow in your organization.

About the Author

My name is Carlton Nettleton and I am the President of Look Forward Consulting. I am an international speaker, trainer and author of the book, Fourteen Observations of Good Scrum Practice and my book has been translated into Spanish. My passion is to share my excitement, enthusiasm and encouragement with teams and organizations as they reach for higher levels of performance and engagement. My business is to help your business grow and flourish.