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Base donnes Agile - Dbuter le voyage !
December 18, 2015
Comme on l'a vu durant la présentation, l'Agilité a des impacts à tous les niveaux et touche même les bases de données. Pour être capable de travailler efficacement dans un contexte Agile, le DBA doit ajuster sa manière de travailler autant en conception, que durant la réalisation ainsi qu'au moment de déployer l'application
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Product Backlog, not a story card hell (the Scrum.org PSPO program)
December 14, 2015
At some occasions we stop to look back. We see the trail we left behind, the bigger picture, the impact we made. Small or big. We think of the impact we hoped to make, small or big.
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10 Product Owner Questions
December 10, 2015
This is a list of 10 questions a Scrum Master may ask a Product Owner, in order to help coach them in their role.
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A Projects Nightmare
December 6, 2015
This blog post talks about the issues caused by unlimited budgets.
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The positive retrospective
December 1, 2015
According to the Scrum guide, sprint retrospectives are "an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint."
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The 5 Traits of Real Agile Leadership
November 27, 2015
Inspiring Lessons From the Life Journey of Mr. Warrick Dunn
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Can You Help Me Write A Story...?
November 24, 2015
It is my favorite time of the year - Fall, the season of thanks, reflection and resolutions.
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Team Culture over Project Culture
November 24, 2015
Recently I read the book 'The People's Scrum' by Tobias Mayer. In this book he spends a chapter on describing the differences between project culture and team culture. To me, the given examples of both types of culture are highly recognizable and I can easily extend and complement the list of examples with my own experiences.
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7 Ways to Boost Your Ability as a Scrum Team Member
November 18, 2015
Where do you spend your days in the workplace? Are you living in the Scrum-oriented trenches of your organization, like the vast majority of us?
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Commitment versus Forecast
November 13, 2015
In my previous blog post 'The 9 Smells of an Organization' I described the difference between the terms commitment and forecast. This resulted in an intriguing discussion that triggered me to elaborate some more on this topic and share the highlights of this conversation.
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5 "Secrets" of a Great Agile Leader
November 11, 2015
Are you considered an authoritative "leader" in your organization? Do you spend your day at the top of the tower or in the trenches?
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The 9 Smells of an Organization
November 6, 2015
A few months ago I first saw the brilliant speech 'The Smell of the Place' by Prof. Sumantra Ghoshal. It's about corporate environments and the faults of management in creating a positive work place.
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How Do you Scale Agile? Wait! Wrong question!
November 6, 2015
A lot of people talk about scaling Agile. It’s all the rage nowadays. Everyone wants to scale Agile. But what does that actually mean? What does it imply? What are the underlying assumptions?
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Scrum: A Five-Headed Meeting Monster?
October 30, 2015
When Scrum is introduced in a company, most of the time, the development team embraces it with lots of enthusiasm.
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The Scrum Master as a Teacher
October 25, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context.
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Is Scrum an Asperger's Friend or Foe?
October 22, 2015
The subject of this blog post might seem unusual. But having worked with multiple development teams, I've gained some experience with team members having (symptoms) of Asperger's. I mostly contributed to the team as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
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The Daily Scrum in a scaled environment
October 22, 2015
Before I begin, I have to make sure you’re not fixed on a misconception. The Daily Scrum is not a status meeting, nor a report back to the team. It’s a planning event.
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The Role of a Professional Tester in an Agile World
October 20, 2015
In this blog, an overview of the professional QA as a quality coach for a cross-functional team is discussed.
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V-P-C + V-W-R: Boosting Sustainable Profit with a Modern "Scrum"-Petitive Strategy
October 20, 2015
The story of the Wygat Weed Whacker goes back many years – to the time we bought our first home in the beautiful town of Allen, TX.
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Turn Pair Programming into a daily practice
October 12, 2015
A lack of defined engineering practices, standards and tooling is an often observed problem in software development, regardless of whether Scrum is used.
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The Box of Transparency
September 29, 2015
This blog post is about a little box. A little transparent box. The box contained only one sticky note. A sticky note with a milestone.
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Daily Scrum - Tips & Tactics
September 26, 2015
Although the Daily Scrum seems to be a simple and straightforward event, I still encounter a lot of teams struggling with it. In this blog post, I'll share my tips & tactics.
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Is Your Scrum Team a Set of Pawns or Players?
September 23, 2015
Update: after receiving some valuable feedback, I've added the third lesson learned.
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Multifunctional Learning & the reusable Sprint Backlog
September 20, 2015
Have you ever seen a Sprint Backlog that can be reused across Sprints? I have!
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A Common Pitfall With User Stories
September 16, 2015
The concept of user stories is a well-known tool for describing requirements. In a simple format, it captures the ‘who’, ‘what’ and ‘why’ of a requirement.
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Enterprise Agile Transformation Part 3 - Lessons From The Dennis Mudd School of Roof Repair
September 15, 2015
GREAT DALLAS ICE STORM OF 2013
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ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION PART 2 - NagaVini's Experiments: The Seeba-V Pivot
September 8, 2015
This blog is the sequel to my earlier blog - Ent
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The Scrum Master as a Mentor
September 7, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context. Everything with the purpose of helping people understand and apply the Scrum framework better.
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ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION PART 1: The Story of B.B. Watts Lawn Service
September 1, 2015
WALT'S CHALLENGE
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Announcing the Product Owner Open assessment
August 28, 2015
The Scrum Guide begins the description of the role of the Product Owner as follows:
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Todays Customer Is Not Going To Be The Same As Tomorrows Customer
August 24, 2015
There’s an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love...
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Large Scale Agile and Scrum vs. Waterfall: Agile is 6X More Successful, 1/4 the Cost, and 10X Faster Payback!
August 17, 2015
A pair of recent findings from the Standish Group confirm the astonishing success and cost savings of Agile approaches over waterfall.
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The Scrum Master as a Coach
August 14, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context. Everything with the purpose of helping people understand and apply the Scrum framework better.
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Building Change Momentum
August 14, 2015
This is the final post in a three part series. Please like, share,and/or comment.
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How do you slice your Organizational Change?
August 6, 2015
This is the second post in a three part series. Please like, share and commentand I’ll be sure to update you when the next post in the series comes out.
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The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
August 3, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context. Everything with the purpose of helping people understand and apply the Scrum framework better.
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Change is specific to your Organization...let your organization own their change.
July 23, 2015
Through my years of trial and error, I have learned there is no one size fits all solution to transitioning organizations to agile...context is king!
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The Scrum Master as a Manager
July 23, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context. Everything with the purpose of helping people understand and apply the Scrum framework better.
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Top Five Causes of Failed Agile Projects
July 22, 2015
VersionOne does an annual "State of Agile Development" survey and publishes the results for the cost of your email address. Thanks VersionOne!
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The Scrum Master as a Servant-Leader
July 20, 2015
The role of a Scrum Master is one of many stances and diversity. A great Scrum Master is aware of them and knows when and how to apply them, depending on situation and context.
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Is your Organization hoarding?
July 14, 2015
If you have seen the TV documentary series Hoarders which depicted the real-life struggles of people who suffer from compulsive hoarding. Some victims suffered so severely that they were often drowning within their own filth.
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Scrum: Who are the Key Stakeholders that Should be Attending Every Sprint Review?
July 9, 2015
The Scrum Guide requires that the Product Owner ensure that "key stakeholders" attend the Scrum Sprint Review, but who are these "key stakeholders"?