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?”
Agile Assessment Kickoff Presentation
Yesterday, Gerry Kirk and I kicked off a 4 day Agile Assessment with a presentation aimed at taking some of the uncertainty out of Agile and providing context for the […]
Rainsberger – Intro to Agile via Theory of Constraints
This fall, I had an opportunity to hear J.B. Rainsberger give an interesting, entertaining and educational talk – Introduction to Agile via Theory of Constraints. (The same talk was given […]
Munich 2009 Scrum Gathering Roundup
I was really excited to see the presentations from the Munich Scrum Gathering posted on the ScrumAlliance site since I was not able to attend due to a date conflict […]
