Written by Arin Sime | Jan 31, 2012 | Agile
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with estimation. I find the topic fascinating. Estimation is like a car wreck, it’s hard not to slow down some and take a look, even if you know it’s wrong and you are afraid of what you might see. As my...
Written by Arin Sime | Jan 13, 2012 | Agile, Events
Dave Haeffner and I are proud to announce a new workshop on Acceptance Test Driven Development using Cucumber and Ruby that we are offering in 2012. The workshop will initially be taught as private courses to companies, so if you are interested in a quote, please...
Written by Arin Sime | Jan 7, 2012 | Agile, Events
I’m excited to be part of a great upcoming agile event in the Charlottesville area! VGT (Video Gaming Technologies) in Ruckersville is hosting an evening of agile in a few weeks in coordination with AgileCville and Impact Makers. There going to be multiple...
Written by Arin Sime | Dec 5, 2011 | Agile, Events, User Group Reports
Would competition in a game help create engagement and conversation, or stifle the conversation in favor of “one-ups man ship”? That was one of the questions that came up when I led a session of Agile Failure Pattern Poker last month at the Agile Iowa meeting. I’ve...
Written by Arin Sime | Oct 10, 2011 | Agile
If you’re looking for a fun way to kick off discussions of difficult topics, then failure bows may work for you. In September I was at the Agile Coach Camp US (#ACCUS) in Columbus Ohio. Friday was “Games Day”, devoted to fun ways to engage agile teams with games....
