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Velocity
“When will it be done?”… that, or a variation thereof, must be the question I hear most from customers. No customer really wants to know “How complex is it?” or “How much technical debt did you incur?”…even if they ask … Continue reading
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Defect handling in an Agile approach
Software, as any complex product, will have defects. Plain and simple, no point in denying the facts. That said, the question is how can we handle them. First and foremost we should obviously strive to have as few as possible … Continue reading
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The Prince-iples of Agile
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about traditional project management methods. In part to understand why/where they fell short for software and what their use might be. Some elements in the agile community seem to feel very strongly that all … Continue reading
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Winning is a habit
Caught a few pieces of this on ESPN. I couldn’t have agreed more. This is speech is one of the most motivating things I’ve heard in a long while. Watch the clip: And here’s the full speech Winning is not … Continue reading
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Retroflection – Why are you reporting to the Scrum Master in your stand-up?
Retroflection is a project started nearly 2 years ago by Yves Hanoulle. The idea is to (frequently) tweet something to think about, related to agile software development. Today’s tweet: “question 658 Why are you reporting to the Scrum Master in your … Continue reading
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Lean Kanban 2011 impressions
I attended the Lean Kanban 2011 conference earlier this week and aside from the great sessions, a couple of things really struck me. So rather than giving a content replica of sessions I attended, this is all about observations and … Continue reading
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On motivation of teams
One of the things I enjoy most in my professional life is the challenge that comes with building and guiding a team. In this post I’d like to offer an opinion on 3 factors that have a tremendous effect on … Continue reading
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Starban
I have always been fascinated by Starbucks and how they operate their stores. On a macro level they are very similar to McDonalds, Dunkin’ Donuts and others of that breed, in the sense that their main focus is real estate. … Continue reading
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The hotmail CV tax
Whenever I have a (technical) person applying and they have a hotmail address as their preferred means of contact I shiver ever so slightly. Even if the actual mailbox is very sensible like name.firstname, I still shiver. The problem is … Continue reading
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Form and Function
“If you analyze the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious,” – Ferdinand Porsche. Mister Porsche was probably not thinking about software development or business processes as we know them today while saying that but somehow the quote … Continue reading
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