“'Agile' is one of the biggest buzzwords of the last decade. Agile methods often come across as rather more complicated than they really are. This book is an attempt to unravel that complexity. To simplify the concepts. This book breaks the concepts into small bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand and easy to implement and delivers the message in a friendly and conversational style. Allaboutagile.com is one of the most popular blogs about agile on the web. ”
Kelly Waters
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“"Whilst there are lots of ways you can vary the game depending on the teams you have and the learning outcomes you want, the basic flow of the game play is common to all."
Why did we make the game?
https://www.101ways.com/2018/08/16/agile-101-the-game-and-how-it-happened/
How to play the game?
https://www.101ways.com/2018/08/20/agile-101-how-to-play-the-game/”
Emma Hopkinson-Spark
Yes, I want this!Simon Baker from Energized Work has written a great paper about whether or not twelve years of agile has really changed anything in the world of software development? In the paper, Simon writes about the industry as a whole and his own personal experience, in what I think is a really interesting view of what […]
Tell me more >The Agile Manifesto was written in a very deliberate style, for example, “Individuals and interactions over process and tools.” The word “over” was carefully chosen and establishes a key agile principle that many things in our world are too complex for black or white answers so we need to differentiate between what is critical and [...]
Tell me more >I was leading an Intermediate CSPO course last week in Winston-Salem. Some good questions. One theme was about the agile transformation. The idea is simple, and has many names. One way to say it: Only by transforming the culture and … Continue reading →
Tell me more >Agile adoption is sometimes driven from the top by courageous executives boldly declaring “We’re going agile!”. They see a vision of a better, happier place, where development is better, faster, cheaper, and they want it. That’s understandable, of course. But some don’t realise the implications. When moving to agile methods, it’s not just teams that need to […]
Tell me more >The Agile community has long advocated self-organizing teams. However, the emphasis has been on how teams perform work, make technical decisions and the like. Most teams are still operating in the same traditional way when it comes to measuring project performance and the application of controls. If empowerment truly focuses on decentralized decisions and authority, [...]
Tell me more >I recently read the book ‘The Lean Startup’ by Eric Ries. I was really impressed. First of all, it’s not just for startups! Eric defines a startup as anyone working on new products or services in an environment of extreme uncertainty. In today’s business world, where we’re living with a volatile economy, the rapid pace […]
Tell me more >I’ve recently finished reading this book, Clever, by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, who work alongside Gary Hamel at the London Business School. Gary Hamel I’m sure you know has written many fine words about a new style of management and is one of the world’s leading thinkers in business strategy and management. It’s an […]
Tell me more >I’m not a big fan of predictions, but I was asked to make some comments about what I think 2012 will bring for the agile community. This is what I think… I think 2012 will see a potential backlash against agile, as more large companies try it and fail. I think this will create more […]
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