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Pollyanna on the Leadership track

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:07:18 UTC

Today we focus on the Leadership track. My pick in that track: “Learn different leadership styles with Star Wars Coaches“, with Bruno Sbille. I’ve had the pleasure to see Bruno talk at Agile France, and I can’t resist the idea of being “coached … Continue reading →

A field guide to attending the Agile conference (part 2)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:28:09 UTC

Last week I discussed two types of sessions that I think should be particularly useful to people relatively new to Agile, especially if attending the conference for the first time: Keynotes, which tend to “set the stage” for other sessions … Continue reading →

A field guide to attending the Agile conference (part 1)

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:47:18 UTC

So you have decided to attend Agile2013. Fantastic! I’m looking forward to meeting you there! (If your mind is still not made up on that, do read on; this may help.) I know the conference well by now; I have … Continue reading →

Certification as Tribal Rite of Passage

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:58:26 UTC

Many people assume that certification schemes have a primary purpose that is one of the following: either to make money for the organizations offering the certification; or to impress lazy or easily fooled hiring managers. On the latter, I’m only … Continue reading →

Agile Ecosystems and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:59:16 UTC

There’s another “systems” related topic I want to touch on before moving on with Agile Tribes. It will tie together some factors that can hinder Agile adoption in the small (within one business) and in the large (industry wide), and … Continue reading →

Agile and the System of Professions

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:10:09 UTC

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. — Richard Bach I’ve long thought that the same could be said of programmers. I for one wasn’t trained to be a programmer, or a software developer, or in fact any … Continue reading →

The Agile Open Tribe(s)

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:14:36 UTC

The best part of any conference tends to be the coffee breaks. Thus, a great conference should be all coffee breaks! Okay, this isn’t an inescapable conclusion. Your favorite coffee shop may offer free refills, but they probably don’t let … Continue reading →

The Agile Testing tribe

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:17:20 UTC

It’s a little strange that there is such a thing as an Agile Testing tribe, since many people who were interested in testing when Agile burst upon the scene were concerned that the agenda was to “get rid of all … Continue reading →

The Retrospectives Tribe

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:52:03 UTC

And here’s your friendly neighborhood Agile Archivist, wishing you a Happy New Year! I’ve recently been working with a new project, which has kept me away from blogging and more generally from keeping up with the Agile community at large. … Continue reading →

The Scrum tribe

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:02:16 UTC

Your friendly neighborhood archivist is back! We pick up where we left off: touring the various Agile Tribes. Scrum is about tribes, it is about building community. Each tribal member needs a sense of belonging, a personal quest. Whole tribes … Continue reading →

The Extreme Programming tribe

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:10:21 UTC

The previous post listed a bunch of Agile tribes – those I could name off the top of my head. That order wasn’t meant to convey importance or precedence, but merely the approximate order in which I recalled encountering each of them. Since … Continue reading →

A tour of the Agile tribes

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:15:27 UTC

Your friendly neighborhood Agile Archivist is back! With this post I’d like to introduce a series – a potentially long-running one, for reasons that will shortly become obvious. Some time ago – I couldn’t pinpoint when – some of my … Continue reading →

The agile root of devops

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:20:23 UTC

Editor’s note: this is a guest post contributed by Patrick Debois. The ideas and techniques now collectively known under the label “devops” have been gaining a lot of traction lately, but what people may fail to appreciate – our disdain … Continue reading →

The Alliance

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:12:32 UTC

Here’s a – possibly slightly rambly – note about my involvement with the Agile Alliance’s Board of Directors, and about the Alliance more generally.

Guest posts

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:29:05 UTC

As I hinted previously, I’m talking to a bunch of people behind the scenes, soliciting guest posts from people whose point of view will meaningfully contribute to this blog’s objectives. Expect at least one such this week.