For the past few months I’ve been keeping my eye for a good UltraBook to allow to carry less weight while traveling. In the past few hours this has gone from an idea to a necessity as my wife’s laptop video card died. My current laptop a 15inch Dell XPS L501X feels like the anti-thesis [...]

Nearly 6 months ago I saw another top 20 list of Agile people. I was troubled, from: Looking for 100 Agile Voices we should hear more from: In the past few years a number of Agile people I respect have published top 100 or even top 200 lists. While I like many others appreciate the [...]

Nearly 6 months ago I saw another top 20 list of Agile people. I was troubled, from: Looking for 100 Agile Voices we should hear more from: In the past few years a number of Agile people I respect have published top 100 or even top 200 lists. While I like many others appreciate the [...]

Picking up from: Learning How to Estimate The team are still in the Backlog Grooming/Refinement session. They’ve estimated a heap of stories and spotted several that need better Acceptance Criteria. However, there are several stories that Product Owner Sue would like to have worked on which are too large to commit to in a single [...]

Picking up from: Learning How to Estimate The team are still in the Backlog Grooming/Refinement session. They’ve estimated a heap of stories and spotted several that need better Acceptance Criteria. However, there are several stories that Product Owner Sue would like to have worked on which are too large to commit to in a single [...]

We’re starting to organize an Agile Tour 2012 event for the Ottawa Gatineau region. We need a kickass logo and you want some advertising. Create an amazing logo and we will make you famous – at least in the region :-)  I’m not going to limit your creativity by Details for logo submissions: 1 square [...]

We’re starting to organize an Agile Tour 2012 event for the Ottawa Gatineau region. We need a kickass logo and you want some advertising. Create an amazing logo and we will make you famous – at least in the region :-)  I’m not going to limit your creativity by Details for logo submissions: 1 square [...]

Daily Scrum is about a group of humans working out how they will collaborate for a day. It isn’t a status reporting meeting. Its not for management. It can’t be replaced by electronic status reports. Tools like iDoneThis and the deceased TweetScrum remove the human interaction which is the entire point of the event. If [...]

Daily Scrum is about a group of humans working out how they will collaborate for a day. It isn’t a status reporting meeting. Its not for management. It can’t be replaced by electronic status reports. Tools like iDoneThis and the deceased TweetScrum remove the human interaction which is the entire point of the event. If [...]

Product Owner Sue has learned from her past mistakes (See Not Ready for Planning) and she now holds Backlog Grooming/Refinement Sessions whenever she has enough Stories to be worth Estimating (typically every 2-3 Sprints). During these meetings team members estimate New Stories, split Large Stories and develop Acceptance Criteria. With 10 new...

Product Owner Sue has learned from her past mistakes (See Not Ready for Planning) and she now holds Backlog Grooming/Refinement Sessions whenever she has enough Stories to be worth Estimating (typically every 2-3 Sprints). During these meetings team members estimate New Stories, split Large Stories and develop Acceptance Criteria. With 10 new...

Agile Coach Camp 2012 is happening in Ottawa this year, from June 22-24: We are proud to welcome everybody to Agile Coach Camp Canada in Ottawa. A two-day highly collaborative, self-organized event with an Open Space for everyone involved in coaching, training, mentoring and leading Agile organizations, teams, and individuals. ScrumMasters,...

Agile Coach Camp 2012 is happening in Ottawa this year, from June 22-24: We are proud to welcome everybody to Agile Coach Camp Canada in Ottawa. A two-day highly collaborative, self-organized event with an Open Space for everyone involved in coaching, training, mentoring and leading Agile organizations, teams, and individuals. ScrumMasters,...

Preparing for Tonight’s Agile Ottawa Retrospective Tonight’s retrospective is divided into two parts: Retrospective of the past year’s Agile Ottawa Events Discussion of Various Retrospective techniques A great retrospective takes a little bit of preparation from all parties. For the first part I would like you to spend 10-15 minutes gathering...

Preparing for Tonight’s Agile Ottawa Retrospective Tonight’s retrospective is divided into two parts: Retrospective of the past year’s Agile Ottawa Events Discussion of Various Retrospective techniques A great retrospective takes a little bit of preparation from all parties. For the first part I would like you to spend 10-15 minutes gathering...