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April 29, 2009
Speaking at Agile 2009
Looks like I will be speaking at Agile 2009 in August in Chicago. The topic of my presentation will be "Agile Won't Work: Applying Agile Techniques to Non-Standard Teams" Wish me luck!...
April 25, 2009
Is Agile Something Teams Do? Or Something We Do To Teams?
"Well nobody asked you your opinion," the coach glared at me, "so you can sit down and shut up. And if you can't sit down and shut up, you can leave the room." I could feel everyone's eyes on me...
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April 15, 2009
Great Presidents That Suck
I was discussing a point the other day on HackerNews about infrastructure. My conversation companion made a point about how history clearly shows "X, Y, and Z" Ah. If only it were that simple. History doesn't show jack squat. History...
April 1, 2009
CrossFire Charts: Measuring Agile in Matrixed Environments
The CrossFire chart allows teams to measure budgeted performanceagainst traditional agile metrics Here's a little graph I picked up last week. I don't think anybody else has published this, so I'm calling it a "CrossFire". It was created by...
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