“That’s a year of my life I will never get back” … … muttered The Agile Devil as he hung up on the latest daily…
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Published 25/02/2017
Published 17/01/2017
Shipping Software Safely: Don’t Mess with The Release Gods!
To paraphrase the great Alan Partridge, there are three rules when it comes to releasing software safely: Be Lean Be Safe And that’s it. Or…
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Published 21/10/2016
The Curse of the Queue
This might get a bit ranty Being British, I should love queues. Adore them. Lovely organisation and British fairness all in one single-file line of…
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Published 15/08/2016
The Death of the Retro
Retrospectives are one of the great gifts of the agile process. However there are times when it may not seem that way. Here are some…
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Published 08/07/2016
Software Release Triangles
Triangles. Consultants love triangles. I am moving into that line of work, I better get some practice. Lovely things triangles. Look pretty in presentations. Most people…
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Published 19/06/2016
Product Owner Vs Scrum Master: Dawn of Justice
When moving from waterfall to scrum, a common question occurs – where do we map our traditional roles? What do we do with our BA, QA,…
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Published 02/05/2016
The Problem Solving Bucket
If you have come to this page expecting to read about an awesome new problem solving technique, then I am sorry. This post is about…
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Published 10/04/2016
The Beauty of Throwing Things Away
Let’s talk about a subject that can be divisive. Throwaway work. There are many guidelines which can help us to decide whether a piece of…
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Published 21/03/2016
The Death of Stand-Ups
Most people who have had some experience of Agile will be familiar with daily stand-up or scrum meetings. These meetings have a number of generally accepted practices including…
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Published 02/03/2016
Clive Woodward and the Clean Shirts Theory
Here is part two of my series on applying sporting management techniques in the Agile world. This time it is the turn of Clive Woodward…
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