Yesterday I mowed the lawn because I felt had to. Our neighbours lawn company had taken care of their lawn and my wife was, um, re-enforcing her desire to have me get the yard-work done.
Since I’m on ‘vacation’ I wasn’t particularly motivated to get it done, but obligation was calling so I caved even though I would have much rather done just about anything else.
It was hot, I was tired and not motivated and ended up doing a really crappy job. I didn’t do the trimming or weeding and took shortcuts to get it done as quick as possible and as a result, I now have some yardwork-debt. Oh, there’s a point…wait for it! Read more…
I had a great conversation with a colleague the other day about how “agile ain’t what it used to be” (fodder for another post) and recently it seems like I spend a great deal of time either replying to people or having conversations about the proper use of “methodology or practice X“.
Technically I’m on vacation and since I don’t really consider what I do a ‘job‘ (read: I love what I do), I’ve been catching up on email, forums and other conversations on Linked In.
Is the Agile community sending the wrong message? Do people just not get it? Why does it seem there is this overwhelming need for something to give the gold stamp? Are Agile values and principles at odds with fundamentally how the humans behave?
Dramatic? Maybe. Read more…
This was a hot topic at one point, maybe I’m missing the boat. Lately I’ve seen a couple of posts on Linked In about Agile Maturity Models and I guess it does sound like a really fancy, neat thing however is it really necessary?
Let’s keep it simple.
Are you using the data made visible by adopting Agile to make better business decisions by accepting reality?
If so, congratulations. You’re mature.
If not, wake up.
Yeah, it really can be that simple…if you’re mature enough…
