The Team Manifesto – Part 2
Leverage the Wisdom of Your Team (Duration: 15 – 30 minutes) Now we have our team values and the team’s definition of Quality, we’re ready to create our team manifesto out of two A0 posters. A team...
View ArticleWhich Agile Coach?
P.: Nine out of ten Agile Coaches I meet are those who live by the mantra of Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do. TJ.: Go on. P.: Some people say that the statistic concerns them. TJ.: Why? Did you name names?...
View ArticleDo You Believe in Manifestos?
Pride and Professionalism P.: Have you read the Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship? TJ: Not another manifesto! P.: Don’t you find it useful? TJ: Manifestos might be useful to those who write it. If...
View ArticleMini XP Day Benelux 2009: A Retrospective
This week begins with another Agile First: the first ever Mini XP Day Benelux conference. The one-day conference is a second chance to attend 9 of the session favourites from XP Days Benelux 2008...
View ArticleAgile 2009: A Retrospective
Agile 2009 has been an educational and uplifting conference for me. See for yourself! My Top Favourite Sessions Here are my top five favourites out of the dozen sessions I attended: 1. Mapping the...
View ArticleScanAgile 2009: A Retrospective
It’s my second visit to Helsinki and it’s been quite an adventure! It’s been almost a year since my first visit. What Went Well The location: Getting the chance to see beautiful Helsinki in the fall...
View Article2009: A Personal Retrospective
Highlights of 2009 It’s been a tremendous year! Here’s my whirlwind tour down Memory Lane 2009: Pairing: Beyond Programming by John Daniels and Dave Cleal at SPA 2009 – What a fun-filled and...
View ArticlePlain as the Nose on Your Face
Two snowmen are standing in a field. One says to the other, ‘Can you smell carrots?’ Out in the Field Imagine. You wake up. It’s Friday. It’s almost the weekend. The first thing you see is a blanket...
View ArticleWhat do you want to learn about Games Facilitation?
Dear Reader, I’ve been invited to present a 90-minute session about Games Facilitation at Deep Agile 2010. And so I would like to exercise the Wisdom of Crowds and ask you this: what do you want to...
View ArticleMini XP Days Benelux 2010: The Perfection Game
What I liked about Mini XP Days Benelux Pre-conference dinner on conference eve – this is a great way to get to know participants before the fun starts on the day of the conference! Olivier’s Aikido...
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