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December 28, 2011
The Perfect Agile/Scrum Stand-up
It's like this: Agile is all about dynamic process tailoring.
December 21, 2011
Programming Team Challenge: Would a Dolphin eat a Dog?
Would a dolphin eat a dog?
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December 20, 2011
Vendor Soup
Vendor soup is no fun to make. It's even less fun to eat.
December 19, 2011
ScrumMaster Interview Questions and Job Description
Met a great coach today, Peter Saddington. Peter shared with me a couple of high-volume blog articles he's written on being a Scrum Master. Peter runs an Agile blog over on AgileScout.com. Thought you guys might like them. ScrumMaster Interview...
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Life Fills Up
At some point in your life, for normal people, life just fills up.
December 12, 2011
Management by Statistics
People do very badly with statistics. This has not gotten any better over time. And it impacts a hell of a lot more than just math problems.
December 2, 2011
Friday's Here! Time to Analyze Some Mother Goose
Remembering this verse, I did a little poking around the web this morning to learn more about it. Originally thought to be a Mother Goose nursery rhyme from the 1700s, as it turns out this little ditty can tell us a lot about our ancestors. It goes quite a bit farther back.
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December 1, 2011
Tyranny of the Tools
The sad thing is that you can explain how this is all going to happen, you can plead with them not to head down this path, yet they do it anyway. What could have been a kick-ass team instead becomes a boring slog down old project management road.