Partnership & Possibilities

Jack Milunsky wrote about the Top Ten Activities of a Product Owner. His post included number 6:
6. Participates in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings and Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives. There’s always a lot going on and always an excuse to miss the meetings. But each of these Scrum ceremonies is another chance for […]

We had a great time at Agile Open Northwest last week. About a hundred people gathered together to consider our theme “Agile for Real” and discuss 60+ related topics. At the end of the event, our ROTI score (return-on-time-invested) was 3+ on a scale of 0 to 4. The volunteers and I took lots of […]

Jim Shore posted on his blog about two courses, The Art of Agile Planning and The Art of Agile Development, that he and I will take to Europe this spring. He’s put in photos and and comments from evaluations when we held the class last October. Participants said nice things, like “The facilitators were excellent! […]

At Øredev 2008, Bob Martin, Scott Bellware, Glenn Block, Gabrielle Benefield, James Bach and I responded to questions from moderator Björn Granvik and the audience about the conference theme, The Renaissance Developer.

In this video from the ÖreDev conference, I present some ideas about the changing role of managers in organizations that have adopted Agile methods.

I’ve been on the road a lot and away from my blog lately. I’m glad to be back and happy to announce the latest iteration of:
Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills
February 24-26, 2009, at the Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon.
Invest in three days with Esther Derby and me learning the interpersonal tools and skills […]

I do my best work in collaboration. And this October, I get to collaborate with two outstanding Agile colleagues! Lucky me! And lucky you if you can clear your calendar to attend these workshops.
Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills October 21-23, with Esther Derby. Esther and I have offered this public workshop in […]

Over the years, I’ve noticed when I have a stronger response to particular phrases, sentences, doggerel, koans, and so forth. I get a thrill when someone can frame an idea simply and powerfully into a pithy statement. I collect those inspiring or clarifying quotes. I find them in many sources and sometimes in unlikely places, […]

Last month, Cory Foy sent me an email about a project retrospective that gave his team new insights and direction. He used the subject line, “They got it!” You can find the story of Cory’s recent retrospective experience, along with the thread of additional comments, on the XP list digest archive.
Here’s Cory’s story.
“Yesterday […]

We’re getting together again this Friday, Aug. 15. Jim Shore says it better than I. C’mon over.