Information Overload
The internet has now pervaded my life to such an extent I’m going to soon be looking to get a direct connection to my brain. But before I do, I’m in desperate need for a way to organise the constant,...
View ArticleToo Many Broths Spoil The Cook
I've currently got half a dozen things on my plate and can't quite make a start to any of them, I guess I need a backlog and stories...
View ArticleI’m Agile, But!
Stop right there… You’re not agile… There are no buts in agile… If something is wrong, you change it, you don’t say “but”… If you truly can’t change it, then you’re truly not agile either. To be agile...
View ArticleThe Real Value of Test First is the Thought Process
Thanks to a colleague at emergn I'm left questioning the real value of TDD.
View ArticleCould Agile Have Evolved?
I’ve been researching material to support an article on my company blog entitled “Agile Dictators” and it left me thinking about how Agile started in the first place. The more I reflect on this, the...
View ArticleFunctional Debt
Thanks to Ward Cunningham, we now have a wonderful metaphor “Technical Debt” which explains the common problem of skipping a little bit of design or missing out that little bit of refactoring to meet a...
View ArticleKeeping It Simple – Regression vs Acceptance Testing
Another emergn coach asked me the other day how I distinguished between an acceptance test and regression tests. For me there is a very simple rule… If I write the test before I write any code, it’s...
View ArticleEnterprise Agile – Evolutionary Standards
At the risk of being lambasted by the agile community I will use the words enterprise and agile in the same sentence This article largely follows on from some previous entries and in particular my...
View ArticleMy Stories Are Bigger Than Your Story
I’ve always found it a challenge when new teams are adopting scrum but have simply renamed their list of requirements as a product backlog. Scrum provides a nice facade which shows a steady progress...
View ArticleDusting off Rework
My current contract ends in a few more days so I’m taking the opportunity to dust off my worn copy of Rework by 37 signals. I have to make a long overdue thanks to Craig Davidson, an outstanding agile...
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