A descriptionThink of a product stream as a small company working on their own product to maximize profit and growth by delivering features that excite users. It's set up to compete on the basis of speed and has everything it needs to conduct business, from concept to production to operational support, and unlike a project it persists as long...

A descriptionThink of a product stream as a small company working on their own product to maximize profit and growth by delivering features that excite users. It's set up to compete on the basis of speed and has everything it needs to conduct business, from concept to production to operational support, and unlike a project it persists as long...

We added rolling ownership to our pair-programming back in April 2008 and we've been using it since.Rolling ownership enables as many people as possible to get involved in delivering every story. When a new story is started, someone volunteers to own it and another person volunteers to pair in. They work on the story until lunchtime. After...

We added rolling ownership to our pair-programming back in April 2008 and we've been using it since.Rolling ownership enables as many people as possible to get involved in delivering every story. When a new story is started, someone volunteers to own it and another person volunteers to pair in. They work on the story until lunchtime. After...

For a long time now we have run 2 stand-ups every day, first thing in the morning and first thing after lunch, always at the same times and always around the board. The morning stand-up discusses the work-in-progress and allows the team to co-ordinate their efforts to get stuff done. It usually lasts no longer than 10 to 15 minutes and starts...

For a long time now we have run 2 stand-ups every day, first thing in the morning and first thing after lunch, always at the same times and always around the board. The morning stand-up discusses the work-in-progress and allows the team to co-ordinate their efforts to get stuff done. It usually lasts no longer than 10 to 15 minutes and starts...

We've got some ideas on how we can give back to the software community but we'd like to hear your ideas. What would you like to hear more about?Where do you want it delivered? Conferences are an obvious choice. I'm interested in usergroups. Please write your suggestions as comments to this blog post.

We've got some ideas on how we can give back to the software community but we'd like to hear your ideas. What would you like to hear more about?Where do you want it delivered? Conferences are an obvious choice. I'm interested in usergroups. Please write your suggestions as comments to this blog post.

Yesterday at JAOO, Gus and Kris talked about going from concept to cash every week. It's about how we work at Energized Work and the experiments we're running to find how we can improve and be more effective.The session was well received (46 said it exceeded expectations, 42 said it met expectations and 7 said it didn't meet expectations). Here...

Yesterday at JAOO, Gus and Kris talked about going from concept to cash every week. It's about how we work at Energized Work and the experiments we're running to find how we can improve and be more effective.The session was well received (46 said it exceeded expectations, 42 said it met expectations and 7 said it didn't meet expectations). Here...

We create software by working inwards from the users' experience. Maintaining focus on the users' perception of 'the system', we do just enough to satisfy the needs of the user rather than what we think is necessary or cool. On a regular basis, we come up for air to check context and avoid getting lost in the weeds. We decide which direction to...

We create software by working inwards from the users' experience. Maintaining focus on the users' perception of 'the system', we do just enough to satisfy the needs of the user rather than what we think is necessary or cool. On a regular basis, we come up for air to check context and avoid getting lost in the weeds. We decide which direction to...

I frequently use the term 'focus on intent', especially with respect to the writing of story cards and acceptance criteria. When I'm focused on intent:I understand, with absolute clarity, the goal my customer is trying to achieve and it's NOT expressed in terms of how I am going to get there.I have distilled the context of the situation by...

I frequently use the term 'focus on intent', especially with respect to the writing of story cards and acceptance criteria. When I'm focused on intent:I understand, with absolute clarity, the goal my customer is trying to achieve and it's NOT expressed in terms of how I am going to get there.I have distilled the context of the situation by...

I want to play more with the combination of behaviour-driven development and Selenium IDE. Stuff isn't clear in my head yet and I'm not entirely sure what I'm aiming for. Maybe it's that, given my interest in usability and interaction design, I want greater emphasis on the user in our acceptance tests.Am I seeing a Selenium test demonstrate the...