by arin | Jul 1, 2011 | Agile, Events, User Group Reports
This past Tuesday at AgileCville we had a series of lightning talks on «Agile for Newbies.» The meeting went very well, and I’ll provide a brief recap of it here. Thanks go to RallySoftware, who sponsored the meeting this month and provided pizza, and also...
by arin | Jun 24, 2011 | Agile
Have you ever been asked for a rough estimate, and then later regretted giving a «rough» estimate because the customer tried to hold you to it? A familiar story This week I spoke with an agile coaching colleague of mine, and he relayed a story that rang all too...
by arin | Jun 9, 2011 | Events
What’s this agile stuff all about? Come to the next AgileCville meeting and find out! Our next Agile Cville meeting will be on Tuesday June 28th, from 6-8pm at OpenSpace in Charlottesville. Please note that the date has changed from our regular 3rd Tuesday due...
by arin | Jun 8, 2011 | Agile, User Group Reports
Have you ever faced prioritizing a long list of stories or requirements and thought, «This is going to take forever!» I have, and so I was thrilled to learn a technique at XP2011 that helps with this dilemma. I had a chance last week to apply «Silent Grouping» with a...
by arin | May 11, 2011 | Agile
Thanks to those attending my lightning talk today at XP2011 on range estimation! I’m enjoying Madrid Spain very much and the conference has been very good so far. Here are my slides from today’s talk in PDF and Powerpoint formats. In the coming weeks I...
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