Imagine your father is in surgery for a routine tonsillectomy. Something goes wrong with the anesthesia and his heart goes nuts. The defibrillator is brought out, the paddles applied to your father’s chest and the surgeon yells “CLEAR!”. He triggers the defibrillator, but nothing happens, just a small clicking noise. He quickly checks the machine, [...]
A little about our intended audience…When Dennis and I started thinking about our book, we told the publisher that we’d really like to write for CxO crowd. We want to be able to influence the people that can really effect change in a meaningful way….
The Agile PMI Community of Practice officially launches next week at the Agile 2009 conference… and there are LOTS of things going on!For the full scoop on all the week’s happenings… visit the PMI Agile Wiki to get all the details about receptions….
Yesterday I talked a little about how companies focus too much on process… how they are doing their work… rather than the actual business outcomes they are trying to deliver. This is a really big problem that impacts all levels of the organization…
The summer is quickly coming to an end, and with it will end our summer special of 50% off Certified ScrumMaster training or only $995.00 CAD. Our special offer is still available for the next 25 people to register and pay, but that offer ends on September 21. Check out our course listing page – every CSM course we have scheduled [...]
Agile methods put a high premium on what it means to be done. But if done is so valuable to our projects… just what exactly does done mean? Is there one universally accepted definition of done… or are there varying definitions of done depending o…
I was honored to be included on the lunch and learn panel at the Software Quality Association of Denver (SQuAD) conference this week. One of the questions that came up had to do with triaging bugs in an Agile context. Here’s my answer, in a bit more detail than I could give at the panel.
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