In 2001, author Ray Bradbury gave a talk at the annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea in San Diego. Fortunately for those of us who were not there, his speech was video recorded and is available.…
On the first day of my Certified ScrumMaster course, we go over the agenda for the two days. I point out that one topic we’ll cover will be “meetings.” I usually point out that Scrum…
I think I’d like to buy a big-screen plasma television. And maybe after that, a new amplifier for my home theater. I’ve also noticed that our home dishwasher doesn’t dry as well as…
I've been playing a fair amount of Go lately. If you're not familiar with Go, it's a strategy game that originated in China 2,500 years ago. It's along the lines of chess, but it's…
When writing user stories there are, of course, two parts: user and story. The user is embedded right at the front of stories when using the most common form of writing user stories: As a I so that .…
Yes, I really did refer to guitarist Alvin Lee in a Certified Scrum Product Owner class last week. Here's why. I was making a point that Scrum teams should strive to go as fast as they can without…
It's May, and we're well into spring now. If you're like me, you haven't yet done your annual spring cleaning. But I'll do mine this week, if you promise to also do yours. The type…
Given enough time, a good agile team can estimate how long a product might take to deliver, even if the product backlog is huge. But the more precise the estimate, the higher the…
Participants in my Certified ScrumMaster courses are often surprised when I recommend that programmers participate in story-writing workshops. After all, a story-writing workshop is a meeting targeted…
