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 21/10/2016
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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 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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Published 07/02/2016
“T-Shaped” vs “I-Shaped” People – Fielding is an Attitude
This is the first of two posts that looks at a sport management idea and attempts to apply it to agile working practices. Never let it be…
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Published 06/12/2015
Value Points: Estimating Business Value
Estimating Costs vs Benefits There has been much talk about “business value” and “business impact” in my world recently. In my experience, the cost part…
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Published 23/11/2015
“A Stiff Arm to the Face”: Which other rugby terms can we pinch for Scrum?
Most people working with scrum will probably know that the name has been adopted from the magnificent sport of rugby. I suspect that this is an…
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