Written by Arin Sime | 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,...
Written by Arin Sime | 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...
Written by Arin Sime | Jun 9, 2011 | Events
What’s this agile stuff all about? Come to the next AgileCville meeting and find out! Our next Agile Cville meeting will be on Tuesday June 28th, from 6-8pm at OpenSpace in Charlottesville. Please note that the date has changed from our regular 3rd Tuesday due...
Written by Arin Sime | 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...
Written by Arin Sime | Apr 30, 2011 | Agile, Events
On Wednesday September 28th, I’ll be speaking at the Verify/ATI Conference 2011 in Arlington Virginia at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. According to the recently published schedule at the VerifyATI website, I’m in the 2:15-3:15 time slot. I’ll be leading a...
