Kanban Development Oversimplified
How Kanban-style development gives us another way to deliver on Agile values
4/20/2009
Ramblin’ Preamble
Over a year ago now — Feb 25th 2008 to be exact — I wrote this draft article.
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The product owner and the product-shaped hole
What the product owner needs to worry about isn’t in the product backlog
02/16/2009
If you’ve read one of my blog essays before, you know this isn’t going to be a quick thou…
Agile development is more culture than process
Why thinking of agile as culture and not just process explains resistance and difficulty in teaching and learning the approach
02/01/2009
Culture, not process
I’d been working wit…
The new user story backlog is a map
Why the flat user story backlog doesn’t work, and how to build a better backlog that will help you more effectively explain your system, prioritize, and plan your releases.
10/08/2008
This is G…
Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development
How experienced UX practitioners have adapted to work happily in Agile environments
6/27/2008
Agile development originated from a place where user experience practice w…
Is user experience relevant where you work?
How looking at the context your product is targeted for can explain your organization’s support or lack of support for user experience concerns.
6/10/2008
Software development and plastics
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Don’t know what I want, but I know how to get it
Why knowing what you want in agile development may be an impediment to getting it.
01/21/2008
It all started with one of those weird trains of thought that come to you in the wee h…
Kicking off the slow software movement
why our rush to build software faster sacrifices quality and treats software like fast food
09/23/2007
In August 2007 I was lucky enough to be able to edit an issue of Better Software Magazine. I was…
Struggling to get into Shu business
Why it’s taken me years to explain simple things simply
7/18/2007
Shu Ha Ri explains how we learn
I’ve often found the terms Shu, Ha, and Ri useful to refer to the three stages of learning Alistai…
Dirty hands required
Why user experience people need to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty in development to get the best results.
4/2/2007
In an email exchange with a friend this morning he was speaking about his involvem…