Sunday, November 19, 2017

Gratitude

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Expressions of gratitude in November are, in my opinion, so clichéd that they run the risk of coming across as superficial, and I avoid the...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Agile2016 Things

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BTW, have you watched "Stranger Things" yet? Amaze-balls! I’ve had two great opportunities to learn and reflect this summer. ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

How Walmart is Going Agile with… How Many Coaches?!?

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Please note that the views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of Walmart. Walmart Stores, Inc. is the world’s ...
Monday, August 17, 2015

An Agile Coach and a supervisor walked into #Agile2015...

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Did you hear the one about the Agile Coach and Sr. Tech Manager who walked into an Agile Conference? I didn't know where I fit in! For...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Life after your First Agile Project

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This blog post is adapted from a workshop/presentation I recently led at the May NWA PMI Professional Development Day . ​ So, you just ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The HiPPO vs. The Dude - The Eternal Prioritization Battle

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If you didn't already know, I'm a huge fan of David Hussman's "Dude's Law" , which states that "Value = Why?...
Friday, March 6, 2015

Practical Application of Dude's Law: The Value Estimation Game

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Last summer, Todd Kromann and I presented on Dude's Law at Agile2014 , and I figured it was high time that I wrote a blog post to walk...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Revisiting Normalized Story Points

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It has been just over 18 months since I published my most popular blog post to-date: "Normalized Story Points" . As of this writin...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Tell Me Why, not How

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If you're familiar with the concept of User Stories then you've likely been exposed to the concept of a User Story "script"...
Friday, December 12, 2014

The Socratic Coaching Approach

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"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -- Socrates I recent...