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TFS v. SVN: 2012 update
TFS 2012 offers some new features to make life easier for developers who prefer the SVN/DVCS style of version control. It’s a better option than ever, especially for unifying teams with diverse...
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Vertical slices and SOA
Even the term “vertical slice”, a common stumbling block in agile adoption, kinda implies a large-scale n-tier application. Modern architectures and agile can play nicer together than that! “Story...
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A3 Management and Stock Issues
There are zillions of ways to make an effective A3. I needed to find a way I could understand intuitively, so I could get past trying to figure out the technique and move quickly on to using it for...
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Care and feeding of your T-shaped individuals
How do you make sure you’re rewarding, instead of punishing, your utility players for their versatility? Managing variability is a key agile practice and it’s one where many teams stumble. Some feel...
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I’m speaking at TechEd!
Pre-conference seminar #12, “Enterprise Agility Is Not an Oxymoron”, all day tomorrow (Sunday). I don’t know which is more terrifying: that, or Speaker Idol, which I foolishly agreed to enter which...
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I spoke at TechEd!
Pre-conference seminar #12, “Enterprise Agility Is Not an Oxymoron”, all day on the Monday, in Madrid, BY MYSELF. That’s right, no Steve-shaped security blanket. The worst part about giving the same...
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Accidental credibility
It isn’t accidental at all. I just accidentally forget I have it. Sometimes I get reminded. I don’t read work books. Never have. (I read a lot; not for work.) It took Steve, my semi-boss, voracious...
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Kanban boards: physical or virtual?
Physical vs. virtual kanban board: which is best? What are the options? How do you choose? bsktcase crosspost project I’m cross-posting selected blogs from Northwest Cadence. This is the first...
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The One Thing: Successful Daily Standups
Do you dread your daily standup? Do you despair of ever getting it into 15 minutes? Do you argue about what’s appropriate to discuss in it, and no matter what you try, somebody’s butthurt and it still...
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Unsolicited feedback and a pony: the view from inside an Agile2016 track team
When I was a struggling aspiring speaker at the Agile Alliance‘s annual flagship conference, I was frustrated and wished they would tell me more about how to make my proposal conference-worthy. Now in...
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Stop statusing and start standupping with the only two questions that have any business being asked in your daily standup. Take back your team’s time and its sanity—and more importantly, put the...
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