by arin | Jul 11, 2011 | Agile, User Group Reports
How do Lean principles complement and reinforce the roles in a Scrum project? That was one question on my mind as I drove up to the Agile Leadership Network DC meeting, held in Tysons Corner. People sometimes discuss Scrum, XP, Kanban, and Lean as competing agile...
by arin | Jul 7, 2011 | Agile
What’s the deal with story points and agile estimation techniques, and why can’t we just improve our estimates over time? That’s part of the question that a friend of mine asked recently, and I’m going to respond to it in this blog post. My...
by arin | Jul 6, 2011 | Agile, Events
The Innovate Virginia conference will be held in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday September 16th, and I am proud to be one of the speakers there. It will be an excellent one-day conference bringing together many excellent speakers in a cost effective and local setting...
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,...
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...
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...
