Agile games & exercises

June 29, 2009

Tom Perry has compiled a list of games and exercises for teams on his Agile Tools blog. He has links to a variety of exercises to teach not only agile & lean principles & practices, but also leadership concepts and team building. You can read his blog post here.

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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

June 15, 2009

Here is my synopsis of the book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan. “To understand execution, you have to keep three key points in mind: Execution is a discipline [akin to Six Sigma], and integral to strategy Execution is the major job of the business leader Execution must [...]

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Performance Evaluations

June 15, 2009

What do performance evaluations have to do with agile & lean software? As a core component of an organization’s culture, they have a huge impact on the way individuals, teams and the whole company operates. I found a great blog post on this topic entitled Performance Evaluations, Business Strategy, and Agile Methodologies. It discusses both [...]

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Team Estimation Game

May 19, 2009

Estimation: wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to do it? Well, maybe we don’t. In a mature agile or lean/kanban development system where prioritized value is flowing at an acceptable rate, and in a context where knowing both the scope and date of a delivery is not necessary, estimates don’t provide much if [...]

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Diarised – tool to pick a meeting time

May 19, 2009

Is it a challenge to find a meeting time that works for your whole team? If your team is distributed and not all using the same calendar system (e.g. Microsoft Exchange Server), you may not be able to view everyone’s calendar. Enter www.diarised.com – a free online site where you can propose multiple meeting times [...]

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Comparing Scrum and Kanban

May 15, 2009

Henrik Kniberg has posted a good comparison of Scrum and Kanban here. Thanks, Henrik!

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Summary of Lean Kanban 2009 talks

May 10, 2009

Mike Cottmeyer was busy capturing notes on his blog during the Lean Kanban 2009 conference. See his posts from May 6-8, 2009 at www.leadingagile.com to get a summary of all the great presentations.

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Lean Kanban Conference

May 6, 2009

Follow the Lean Kanban conference in Miami in real time on Twitter with the hash tag #lk2009. Some great insights from lean thought leaders.

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Great summary of kanban

May 4, 2009

Thanks to a tweet from Brian Marick, I found this fantastic summary of the Kanban system for software development posted by Jeff Patton. Jeff not only succinctly describes kanban but also sets it in the context of agile methodology.

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Lean Thinking: an executive summary

May 1, 2009

When reading a book I like to boil it down to it’s essentials and write a summary. Here is my summary of Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones. The 5 lean principles: Define value Identify the value stream and eliminate waste Flow Pull [...]

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