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… you have a sprint planning meeting with your kids on Friday to prioritize what we need to do and want to do on the weekend … your kids once got upset and said, “Dad, we didn’t get to do our highest priority item this weekend!” … your wife moves the...
Answer your call to adventure. Realize your potential. Follow your Bliss! These are the words of Joesph Campbell. The meaning behind these words is expressed fully in the movie, Finding Joe. I can’t thank my buddy, Ben, enough for sharing this movie with me a couple of years ago, it really moved...
In the spirit of the holidays, here is an Agile transformation themed 12 days of Christmas. Happy Holidays to all and have a Happy New Year! Stay safe! Be sure to play the music while reading. On the first day of Agile transformation my coach sent to me: A product to...
I recently read a great article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) called “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” It walks through 8 steps (see below) that lead to transforming and then the 8 most common errors that halt change in its tracks. John Kotter, the author, provides some great...
The company I work for, Excella Consulting, is an amazing place to work. If you are in the DC area and want to work on some great projects with a great group of people, look them up. One of the great things about the company is that they regularly hold workshops...
I love the scene in Ace Ventura where they unleash the tribal crazy on him and he manages to throw two spears into the thighs of Ace. This happens despite Ace’s claim that he has cat like reflects. Anyway, as you look over this post you might get a sense...
I love Spotify’s motto/mindset, “Think It. Build It. Ship It. Tweak It.” I know testing is part of “Build It”, but I like to add “Test It” sometimes to amplify the importance testing has to shipping quality products. But I digress. The two videos linked below are produced by Henrik...
Overall I enjoyed “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber because it had some great examples of how Scrum can work within a large enterprise. It was a little tough to follow through some of the example uses given for different business enterprises. The final chapter for me was very good. It...
I attended some great courses recently by the Agile Coaching Institute and would highly encourage taking any of their workshops. During each of these we played a game called 35. I found it extremely valuable for reaching consensus of what all the members thought was important very quickly. After completing the...
I love Uncle Bob for many reasons. He added one more when I watched his speech at the recent 2014 Mile High Conference. His talk was called, “The Future of Agile if any.” What I took away is that we can’t forget about the inner circle to truly be agile....
