Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) – What you need to know
I started filling out my CSC (Certified Scrum Coach) application almost a year ago and then I stopped due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I had been using Scrum for […]
Team Chartering and Agreements
Simon Roberts and Jens Korte gave a solid presentation of the how and why of team chartering. The process as they define it leads to team agreements so that there […]
Harrison Owen: Use Open Space for amazing results
Harrison Owen gave a very insightful keynote speech at Scrum Gathering on OpenSpace and how we often think about management the wrong way.
Artful Making Workshop with Lee Devin
The workshop was nothing short of amazing. Lee Devin took a group of us through a 5 hour deep-dive into the key skills used by actors to create and collaborate. […]
STC Management Day Talk and the role of User Docs
Below is the presentation I gave at STC (Society for Technical Communication) Management Day in Toronto last week.
Fearless Change – Patterns for introducing new ideas
I first read Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising when it first came out many years ago as part of Scrum Toronto […]
Inventors Dilemma and the Dead Core
Ken Schwaber has a great presentation where he talks about the Innovator’s Dillemma and how companies build a (design) dead core.
Why We Make Mistakes
One of my goals is to make a mindmap of every book that I read. I figure if I can take the time to read it, I may as well […]
Agile PMO: Real Time Governance
Last fall, I had the opportunity to hear Ross Pettit and Jane Robart present at the ThoughtWork QTB in Toronto. You can see the full presentation and slides on InfoQ. (Hint: if […]
Agility @ Scale – What makes Agile hard
Scott Ambler gave the keynote at Agile Tour Toronto this past Fall. As a conference organizer I only caught part of it, but still there were some useful perspectives that […]
Waterfallacy – There is no documentation in Agile
Mike Cohn placed a challenge on his blog for people to describe a Waterfallacy – “A waterfallacy is a mistaken belief about agile that has been caused by prolonged exposure […]
Guerrilla Agile – Choosing to value process and tools over individuals and interactions?
Yves started the Agile Retroflection of the day project for 2010. Today’s question is “When would you choose to value process and tools over individuals and interactions?”
