‘Twas the night before Sprint Planning
‘Twas the night before Sprint Planning
Scrum: A Recipe For Success (or Disaster)
Scrum: A Recipe For Success (or Disaster) As we prepare to engage in that favorite American pastime of stuffing your face until uncomfortably full, with more calories than the an entire NFL team needs in two weeks (aka Thanksgiving), I am reminded of an important point about Scrum. On Tuesday, at the 6th Annual Give […]
Roles By Any Other Name… Would they smell as sweet?
Roles By Any Other Name… Would they smell as sweet? I remember back in high school when my good friend was working as what he called a “petroleum transfer engineer”. He was a gas station attendant. Titles are not sexy, usually. And, they frequently mislabel what we are capable of or what we do. Let’s […]
Getting The Most Value From Gatherings, Conferences, And Other Events
Getting The Most Value From Gatherings, Conferences, And Other Events I tend to go to a lot of industry events for IT, and specifically, Agile software development. In fact, I have now been chair, keynote speaker, reviewer and volunteer for many of these and have reprised these roles numerous times. I have a deep, insider […]
Why Apple Brook Consulting®?
Why Apple Brook Consulting®? Agile is not overly complex. A handful of values. A dozen principles. Some core practices. Yet, organizations all over the world are struggling with this paradigm shift back to the inherent nature of how we effectively work as human beings. It is our ego and pride which tells us “This solution is too […]
The Life Celebration Backlog
The Life Celebration Backlog There’s a bunch of stuff I want to do and experience before I check-out. That sounds a little morbid, right? Which is why I am not going to call it a “bucket list”. I am calling it a “Life Celebration Backlog”. It’s really an ordered list of stuff which I will […]
Definition of Done – User Stories
Definition of Done – User Stories The “Definition of Done” is a fairly popular (and sometimes emotional) topic out in the Agileverse. It seems everyone has an opinion on the matter, ranging from “it depends” to “let the teams decide” to a meticulously designed set of business rules and criteria that account for every possible […]
Agile. Training.
Agile. Training. Two things I am very passionate about. Bring them together and magic happens. If you are considering CSM or CSPO certification, sign up for one of my classes. You won’t be disappointed. Here is what others are saying: http://bit.ly/1n2XQbE (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
SAFe SPC Training: A Reflection
SAFe SPC Training: A Reflection Overview I recently attended the Scaled Program Consultant (SPC) training with Scaled Agile Academy in Washington, DC. The instructors for the class were Alex Yakyma and Rich Knaster. Several others in the Scrum community have provided commentary on their experience in SAFe training; namely Ron Jeffries and Peter Saddington. I […]
How Twitter Broke My Heart
How Twitter Broke My Heart I used to love Twitter. Now, they have driven me away… forever.They suspended my account on December 10th. Haven’t told me why. Haven’t responded to any of my tickets or Emails. Nothing. If they reinstate my account, I might have a change of heart. It’s difficult to be […]