Scrum, the most widely used Agile development framework got some major praise recently from outside its software origins from Steve Denning, a thought leader in leadership, management, innovation, and organizational storytelling: If there was a Nobel Prize for management, and if there was any justice in the world, I believe that the prize would be awarded, [...]
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How would you introduce Agile/Scrum to participants of a Tourism conference in 2 hours? For me, the Tourism Brochure game seemed like a natural fit. Participants get a chance to experience the entire Scrum process, from feature brainstorming and prioritization to product demo and retrospective. All was well, until I discovered later that there might [...]
Read MoreThe Twitter / Flickr fountain is now flowing for the Orlando Scrum Gathering 2010.
Read MoreSecret map unearthed for Dialogue Room at the Scrum Gathering in Orlando, FL in March. If you can’t have fun here, you’re doin’ it wrong. 
The Dialogue Room is the heart beat of the Scrum Gathering. Come experience a lightly structured, free f…
Games are a fun, interactive, effective way to teach. A dose of competition mixed with social interaction keeps people engaged. You learn by doing and reflecting on the experience. Powerpoint, your time is over. Until recently, I hadn’t had the opportunity to use learning games, since most of my work as an Agile coach is [...]
Read MoreIf airplanes were made by Scrum / Agile teams (via DikiyKaban)
Read MoreRecently I had the opportunity to share about my work passion, Agile and Scrum at a local IT group luncheon. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of interest and depth of questions. Organizer John Hatherly told me they had about double the normal pre-registrations for a talk. Perhaps the tough economic times is behind [...]
Read MoreAgile definition and value illustrated. View full size poster I’m really looking forward to Plone Conf 2008 for many reasons, one of which is presenting on a topic I am passionate about, namely Agile development, in particular Scrum, an Agile software development framework. What is Agile? For people unfamiliar with Agile, Scott Ambler defines it [...]
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