Via Chris Pitts:When do I test?How often should I test?

Via Chris Pitts:When do I test?How often should I test?

For me being empowered is a property of 'the system' in which we play a part. It's constructed between people, by the actions they take individually in the environment they occupy.Having the right environment is essential. When it's safe and fun people are motivated by trust. They begin to demonstrate the courage to be creative and they take...

For me being empowered is a property of 'the system' in which we play a part. It's constructed between people, by the actions they take individually in the environment they occupy.Having the right environment is essential. When it's safe and fun people are motivated by trust. They begin to demonstrate the courage to be creative and they take...

I mentioned before that we'd been invited to do a session at London QCon 2009 in the track: Turning on a sixpence: Technical skills for agile development. We finally got around to completing the abstract. It's ok. We could've done better but we were running so late due to other work that we just went with what we had in the end. Here's the...

I mentioned before that we'd been invited to do a session at London QCon 2009 in the track: Turning on a sixpence: Technical skills for agile development. We finally got around to completing the abstract. It's ok. We could've done better but we were running so late due to other work that we just went with what we had in the end. Here's the...

My old friend Simon Voice at Connections Recruitment now has a voice of his own.

My old friend Simon Voice at Connections Recruitment now has a voice of his own.

Last weekend our Christmas bash went off with a "Heave Ho, me hearteys". And that was from the Lock Keeper, over the tannoy, as we sailed free of the lock on the estuary in Ipswich. Srsly!We hired the The Old Neptune in Ipswich from Friday to Sunday. You have to look at all the pictures on the site. This place is truly awesome. It's called an...

Last weekend our Christmas bash went off with a "Heave Ho, me hearteys". And that was from the Lock Keeper, over the tannoy, as we sailed free of the lock on the estuary in Ipswich. Srsly!We hired the The Old Neptune in Ipswich from Friday to Sunday. You have to look at all the pictures on the site. This place is truly awesome. It's called an...

Finally, we got along to XPDay today, albeit only for a few hours. We went specifically to see my brother, Marc Baker, and Dan Jones from the Lean Enterprise Academy do their keynote. It was great to meet Dan and talk with him over lunch.Dan talked about the evolution of Lean. Marc talked about Lean thinking and how they're conducting...

Finally, we got along to XPDay today, albeit only for a few hours. We went specifically to see my brother, Marc Baker, and Dan Jones from the Lean Enterprise Academy do their keynote. It was great to meet Dan and talk with him over lunch.Dan talked about the evolution of Lean. Marc talked about Lean thinking and how they're conducting...

At Agile2009, Gus attended a session about the Pomodoro Technique by Stefan Noteberg and has been using it since.PomodoroOriginally uploaded by sjb140470He's running a session on the technique internally at Energized Work next week. Then we plan to experiment by combining it with pair-programming to see if we can achieve even more effective...

At Agile2009, Gus attended a session about the Pomodoro Technique by Stefan Noteberg and has been using it since.PomodoroOriginally uploaded by sjb140470He's running a session on the technique internally at Energized Work next week. Then we plan to experiment by combining it with pair-programming to see if we can achieve even more effective...

Sooner or later the manager says: "We've got to ship this thing". And, whether it's a conscious decision or a consequence of the ensuing pressure, corners are cut; defects get introduced and quality drops. The response is habitual and simply makes the situation worse.Anxious people working alone introduce the most defects. Efficiency leads to...