Having nothing makes you agile
I like quadrant systems (2x2 boxes) to describe things. I like how they can be used to see differentiators and how paths can be chosen. Not only can they trigger action. They can also bring you problem! And make it harder to move.If you are in the top...

Kanban Distilled for Managers
Perfect. I'll send this around our management team.

Scrum'd Update: Stakeholders, Better Burndowns, And More
We’re happy to announce our latest update to Scrum’d, chock full of many of the goodies our customers have been asking for. Here’s the list of what’s new as of today: multiple admins, a stakeholder role, updated burndown charts, closing releases,...

Mike Cottmeyer on Agile Project Management, Building Effective Teams
In this interview, Agile Evangelist Mike Cottmeyer talks about some of the challenges that matrixed organizations often face when trying to build an agile team. He also describes his five-phase roadmap for scaling agile as well as "Scrum of Scrums,"...

May Program Meeting: Agile Documentation and Chapter Awards :: Published: June 2009 in Features, Meeting Reviews ~ Coast Lines - Newsletter of the STC Canada West Coast Chapter
May’s program, with Susan Patch describing Agile development, encouraged us to get involved early and often in the product development process. This might be a stretch for writers who prefer to be working alone, writing from specifications. Susan’s...

Innovation and Treating Developers Like Adults
Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?-- Tom Smykowski photo...

Rowan as agile, ProjectManagement, Entrepreneur

The Pomodoro Technique™
Great way to sell kitchen timers

Una settimana Agile
Se conosco il significato della parola “Agile” nel mio settore, lo devo in primissima battuta a Lorenzo Massacci, che sta facendo un enorme sforzo insieme alla sua azienda per passare da un metodo di lavoro prevalentemente classico (”a cascata”)...