A Cookbook is not Enough…
I held a talk at XP2011 just before lunch today, about aligning the information infrastructure of an enterprise to agile projects. This is the prezi I used: A Cookbook Is Not Enough on Prezi I’ll post a write-up of my findings and my current state of opinion on that topic in a later post..
Still No Silver Bullets
On the first main conference day of XP2011, Esther Derby is speaking in the first keynote about the downsides of Agile transitions. She has these amazing hand-written slides… In fact, last night on the way to my room, I passed a person sitting in the lobby working on her slides. In the lift, I thought, […]
Coding Dojo with Emily Bache at XP2011
I’m at XP2011 in Madrid, enjoying a coding dojo session with Emily Bache. We’re tackling a Minesweeper kata, and as long as it’s not yet my turn to code, I’ll summarise her introduction to TDD which I liked a lot. (Thanks to Markus Gärtner for the inspiration) Emily started with a story of a developer […]
What does an Architect do?
I’ve been working with numerous software organisations for years, occasionally where the software is intended to be embedded in hardware… I regularly meet people with the role “Architect”. But I don’t really have a clue what real architects do—they design buildings, basically… I’ve seen a lot of bad effects caused by inadequate metaphors in software […]
How to be an Explorer of the World
Recently got a book in my hands which contains simple, yet amazing tips on how to treat the world like an artist and reflect on what you experience in your world: Write down ten things about the place you’re sitting which you did not recognise when you sat down. Use your senses. Do it quickly. […]
Refactoring
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ALE Network – first ideas from AgileStammtisch Düsseldorf
It seems like yesterday that Jurgen Appelo started the Agile Lean Europe group on LinkedIn. I noticed it because I follow Jurgen on Twitter, and because I knew him from the XPDays Benelux last year. I didn’t really care at the time (I think it might have been early February) as I thought, “not another discussion […]
Dan Pink on Motivation
Watch this awesome TED talk by Daniel Pink on Motivation: I’ve read his books, A Whole New Mind and Drive, last year, and they changed the way I think about management. Reviews will follow….
Play4Agile Closing Session
Dieter Bertsch filmed the four Retrospective Session acts at Play4Agile. Awesome! A writeup of my impressions from that awesome event will follow. Enjoy… Lego Art Mind Map Role Play .
April 1st
An awesome day. Several things I need to tell you… Some of which might be true. I decided to start blogging every day. We’ll see how that goes. I got a book, highly recommended my my friend Michael Sahota, started reading the first 5 pages, and have been sucked in. Review coming up… The ScrumAlliance […]
