Project Management Offices serve no purpose in scrum. You are either a product owner, (not a manager), scrum master (not a manager either) or your in the team, (no technical leaders here either). How can an organisation migrate from central control to self directed scrum teams? What are the challenges to our former project managers?
Feb
15
2010
15
2010
Feb
11
2010
11
2010
When Change is hard
Just found out about Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard – Chip and Dan Heath,
from some of the Lab49 consultants. I can’t wait to read it. Take a look at this clip:
Clip from Switch Change book
The experiment in the hospital, reminds me of what happens when I am pair coding. When you [...]
Feb
8
2010
8
2010
Estimates are not commitments!
Probably one of the most common mistakes in Software Development is to allow Estimates to become Commitments. This article looks at story point estimation in scrum, and how velocity is a better tool for monitoring progress through to delivery. If your interested in the arguments that can be presented to the business for velocity metrics over estimation for setting delivery dates, read on.
Jan
14
2010
14
2010
Of Groundswell and Product Owners
I have just finished reading Groundswell by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research. The book has been around for awhile but its concepts are worth understanding. Its a great book about how Social Technologies have changed the way companies relate to their customers. Not only that but how companies can benefit from Social Technologies within their own organisation. Its a good read, get hold of a copy. The book is rich with Internet law, marketing tips, research and good practice. It gave me some ideas on how Groundswell could be used to provide a product owner with some powerful tooling.
Oct
25
2009
25
2009
Spring Integration in Action available now
Jonas Partner has just announced that Spring Integration in Action is now available via the Manning early access program on his blog