Just a quick update on a one day course I will be running in July (actually Saturday 21 july 2012). It is designed for experienced project managers and other project leaders who understand the fundamentals of project management and I am running it as part of the ongoing education program that the Sydney chapter of… Continue reading A weekend course on the principles of agile for Sydney based project managers
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Why so long between articles baby?
Its been a while since I have published anything so this blog is starting to look more like an archive of my old ideas rather than a regular window into my musings and ideas. But there is an explanation – My most recent project has been consuming more of my attention than expected. Project New… Continue reading Why so long between articles baby?
Link to my presentation for the agile gathering in Sydney in July
Last night I did a presentation for the monthly gathering of agilistas in Sydney, so I thought I should publish my slides here. There is no sound so they may not make too much sense without any context, but here they are anyway: http://prezi.com/vllsdawtxfxv/but-where-do-the-stories-come-from/ They are created in a free software package called Prezi.com that… Continue reading Link to my presentation for the agile gathering in Sydney in July
Finally launched my agile training game
We set up a stand at the recent Software Development Conference to run the Agile Release Planning Game I designed. It seemed to go down really well, so I have decided to make the game available publicly if anyone is interested in using it. In the game, participants are a group of scientists and engineers… Continue reading Finally launched my agile training game
Talking about business analysts and agile
I am off to the Software Education conference next week to talk about the areas where I see agile projects stumbling. You can still book a place at the conference if you are fast and can be in either Sydney or Wellington at the right time. The theme of the conference is business analysts and… Continue reading Talking about business analysts and agile
Learning facilitation (if you are in Sydney)
I run training for people in a lot of different areas and one thing that consistently comes up is the importance of facilitation in just about every area of work. I like to think I am a really good facilitator and that you will get real value for money by getting me to facilitate challenging… Continue reading Learning facilitation (if you are in Sydney)
Talking at the SDC next year
I have been quoting my grandma in Agile workshops recently. She probably thought that "lean" was fat free meat and that "kanban" was probably a type of cake. But she did understand one of key concepts in successful projects: "Never mistake activity for progress". In other words, writing and deploying a lot of code quickly… Continue reading Talking at the SDC next year
Modelling the choices we make
It’s a scary concept when you think about it, but advertisers and others are spending a lot of time and money to understand how we make choices. It’s scary for two reasons. The first is related to the evolution of predators and prey. Every ecosystem continually evolves as the prey learn to evade the predator… Continue reading Modelling the choices we make
James King 