Agile approaches are great and I even tell my friends to use them. But recently I have noticed some organisations backing away from their agile implementations. It got scarier when I noticed that Ron Jeffries, one of the original signatories to the Agile Manifesto, wrote an article titled "Developers should abandon agile." It's a good… Continue reading Why are people backing away from agile? Theory one – losing sight of craftsmanship
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True confessions. I was an agile project manager
I was once an agile project manager. In fact I did it more than once. If that is not shocking enough then maybe I should also confess that I have coached, trained and enabled others to be agile project managers. In this article I will share my experience of being an agile PM without a… Continue reading True confessions. I was an agile project manager
What does an agile coach actually do – is it really that simple?
In my last article, I explained what I think agile coaches do in practice. But I did not reveal some of the complications and messy bits that get in the way of adopting the model in any sensible way. So in this article I will explore some of the complexities and messy bits. Where we… Continue reading What does an agile coach actually do – is it really that simple?
How we defined the problem in our workshop, plus a plan on a page
I ran a mini workshop as part of a training course I didn't really follow the course notes in this exercise so we did not have any standard material to refer back to. People took notes and photos as we went, but I promised to publish a generic version of what we did. So here… Continue reading How we defined the problem in our workshop, plus a plan on a page
Is it really that hard to learn agile?
I work with people going agile. Sometimes it is an awesome experience and sometimes it is quite depressing. For example, I worked with some good, experienced people a while back. They were were pretty sad before I turned up and pretty happy that I came to help them. This is the part of the agile… Continue reading Is it really that hard to learn agile?
Use the river diagram to communicate data
I run a lot of workshops, including planning workshops and retrospectives. Sometimes the crew votes on things like "what is the best feature, or how did we go this time." But sometimes we collect data and then want to discuss it as a team. And this presents a challenge - I like data in a… Continue reading Use the river diagram to communicate data
Somehow I missed agile going mainstream
I recently stumbled on this article again - Original article talking scrum. Actually someone posted it in LinkedIn . The ideas seemed so clear and so right when I read the article. In fact it seemed like something "the old guard" had ignored in their ignorance. This was fresh, free thinking that the old guard… Continue reading Somehow I missed agile going mainstream
A choose your own adventure for agile coaches
Following a discussion I had in a recent class on agile coaching, I said I would create a "Choose your own adventure book." I have only done 3 pages but if you are interested then have a look https://kingsaddress.wordpress.com/ If people like it then I might add some more content but for the moment it… Continue reading A choose your own adventure for agile coaches
Dealing with baddies on agile projects
[Editors note - this is a long an obscure article that made sense to me and some people I explained it to. If it is not making sense half way through abort rather than continuing ... it either makes sense early on or does not make sense at all] I was running an agile course… Continue reading Dealing with baddies on agile projects
Clarifying agile roles – speed dating?
I went through this quick meeting with an agile class recently and I said I would post this for the crew to refer back to. In agile teams there are a couple of core roles and then the rest depends on the kind of work the team does. But we can give some more clarity… Continue reading Clarifying agile roles – speed dating?
James King 