Posted in Colmentary on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday 4th April I was the guest speaker at the Agile Practitioners Forum, organised by Les Oliver and Simon Voice and sponsored by Radtac and Connections Recruitment. For the third time, the venue was aboard the HMS Belfast, moored on the Thames River. The idea for this session was to build on the thinking [...]
Posted in Guest Submission on May 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This post is from Jason Gorman:
A few of us here in the UK who know Rachel Davies were taken by surprise to learn that she’s stepped down as chair of the Agile Alliance. Brain Marick is apparantly now filling her shoes until proper board elections are held later this year. He’s been posting willy-nilly [...]
Posted in The Agile Voice on May 25, 2007 | No Comments »
The date for the next Practitioners meeting is now set for Wednesday 20th June (previously 13th June) on board HMS Belfast. This event is strictly by INVITE ONLY, as places are limited. If you are interested in joining us at these and similar events, please contact myself on 07774 626249.
June 2007 will be the [...]
Posted in Simon's Soapbox on May 24, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s some discussion happening at the Agile Forums about refocusing the Agile Alliance. Brian Marick advocates a new focus on helping teams be ready to execute Agile:
If the teams could vault from novice to seasoned in a day, and if they were less affected by external political/organizational issues, they’d all do fine. The problem they [...]
Posted in Karl's Chaordic Collection on May 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I saw this story on does luck trump skill in success? In particular:
In his excellent book, Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb argues that throughout life we are always understating the role that luck plays in our fortunes, and overstating the degree that humans determine sequences of events.
He thinks it is a fatal error.
Top business [...]
Posted in Simon's Soapbox on May 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Through the Agile Alliance, Brian Marick wants to stir things up to help address his disquiet over the state of Agile as it moves into the mainstream. To be entirely honest, I’ve been disillusioned with the Alliance for a while because I believed its focus to be limited (programs delivering questionable value from and a [...]
Posted in Karl's Chaordic Collection on May 21, 2007 | No Comments »
There have been a few posts already around standardisation, and compromising agility. This is what I think of as the Prescriptive Agile Paradox. Large global organisations are adopting agile ideas and want a standard way of tracking and reporting on a huge portfoilio of projects. On the other hand, agile emphasises team self-organisation. Where is [...]
Posted in The Agile Voice on May 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Wednesday 13th June is the next date in the Practitioners Forum diary. We are holding the event on board HMS Belfast for the fourth time, though we will be moving to a new and equally quirky venue in September.
If you are interested in participating or coming along to the next event, please email, text me [...]
Posted in The Agile Voice on May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well… what is becoming more obvious and prominant the more I talk to people, whether it’s candidate or clients, is the battle between Agile and agile. Many people out there in the world, will say “Hey, what’s the difference?” From talking to a number of people, there’s a clear divide, different shades of grey, and [...]
Posted in The Agile Voice on May 16, 2007 | No Comments »
So last week I posted a question raised by Sophie, who works in my work team. The question “Why is Selenium called Selenium?” was posted and the answer was from Nat Pryce.
Nat Pryce, please step up and claim your prize.
Please drop me an email with your details and we can arrange delivery.
Best I ponder another [...]
