by arin | Jan 11, 2011 | Agile
I’ve heard other Agile Coaches say that leading a team through any change is as much about coaching them on their personal interactions as it is training them on the mechanics of Agile methodologies. I was reminded of that insight when I recently read a Wall...
by arin | Jan 4, 2011 | Agile
That Sinking Feeling When a project starts to go wrong, you know it well before you admit it to yourself or your customer. You know that feeling when you start to realize you don’t have enough budget, time, or the scope is unachievable? Long after we first get...
by arin | Dec 22, 2010 | Agile
Have you ever heard that oil and water don’t mix? It’s pretty common knowledge that oil will float on top of water and the substances will not mix together. This simple chemistry is easy to demonstrate, and most of us learned it in elementary school science. In the...
by arin | Dec 15, 2010 | Agile
If you are a consultant, even on an Agile team, you probably have to track your hours. I used to hate tracking my hours – and I’ve seen first hand how it can demoralize people. I once worked at a company where they decided to build an internal tracking...
by arin | Dec 9, 2010 | Agile, Events
Over the last year or so, I’ve been considering all the various lessons that I’ve learned throughout my IT career, and in particular during the last few years as I’ve really embraced Agile methodologies. I realized that there is a definite...
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