It’s been more than a month since updating here. I have been very busy and the blog plays second fiddle to many other things. This is also a “lazy” blog post. So much has happened or is going on I’m going to do a “flash-back episode” to catch things up. Certified Scrum Practitioner The end [...]
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Volunteering for Agile
I’ve spent my life participating in volunteer work. It started when I was very young doing charitable things with my family and church. It expanded to wider interests and included leadership opportunities too. At 14-years old I served on an organizing committee for about 350 youth doing clean-up work on a large non-profit farm. Several [...]
Shortest Time As “New Guy.” Ever!
Last week the VP and CTO of my division wanted to have a chat. While not wholly unusual, it’s always a good thing when we chat! Running out of time during the week, he suggested we meet for breakfast on Saturday morning. (Liberty Market in Gilbert, Arizona, USA) When the VP invites to Saturday breakfast, [...]
Scrum Teams Have A Team Lead
Many companies define positions by a list of “Roles, Responsibilities, Accountability and Authority.” The RRAA concept is that every individual needs to have RRAA defined for them so everyone knows what each person is supposed to do. This supports the common focus on individuals as “resources.” (Funny how companies talk about the importance of teamwork [...]
Losing My “Champion Skeptic”
During the time I have been advocating changes to Scrum and agile I have encountered many skeptics. Some were and are more adamant than others. One excellent engineer was such a strong opponent of Scrum, I feared he would derail all change efforts. For a while, I also feared talking to him about his objections. [...]
People Vs. Technology: Creating the Team
The Agile Manifesto emphasizes a focus on people over other things. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools … Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Most of us that work with technology are enamored with it. Even those not struck by love of bits and bytes seek predictability in our work. Humans are so much harder [...]
