Agile Failures: 3 Common Missteps That Kill Transformations – Part 2
In my previous post, I talked about the main agile failures I see with failed transformations, which is thinking that the process …
Agile Failures: 3 Common Missteps That Kill Transformations – Part 1
Remember when you were in school and you were taught something – math, say – and you learned a way of solving …
Management Styles That Work
I’ve been binge-watching a show – Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD – and noticed something quite peculiar. The management techniques of the leaders of the …
Agile + DevOps East in November
I’m extremely happy to report that I will be speaking at Agile + DevOps East in November in Orlando! I recently attended …
Planning Poker: Knowing When to Fold
I’ve been working in agile for almost twenty years now in one way or another (developer, manager, or coach) and there’s one …
What I Learned About Management From Online Gaming
Before the advent of the World Wide Web and the multiplayer games like EverQuest and World of Warcraft, there was an online …
What is an Agile Coach?
For many people, the idea of an Agile Coach is new and unfamiliar. It’s seems obvious that it’s someone who can coach …
User Story as Vertical Slice
When working with user stories, the phrase “vertical slice” comes up a lot, but a lot of Product Owners and especially developers …
Management 3.0 Facilitation
Our Chief Kitten Herder, Bill DeVoe, has just been approved as a Management 3.0 Facilitator! Management 3.0 is a ground-breaking framework of tools …
Distributed Teams Presentation – Mile High Agile 2016
Very happy with my presentation about distributed teams! It’s been a long day here at Mile High Agile 2016, but well worth …