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If What You are Doing Works, Does the Label Really Matter?

December 16th, 2009 Jason No comments

Recently I had a brief messenger chat with a former co-worker that they determined they were actually using Scrum-ban instead of Kanban.  The timing of this chat coincided when I seemed to be coming across a multitude of discussions about what is/is not in Scrum, what is/is not Kanban and so on.
My initial response was [...]

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Agile Just Don’t Go ’round Here

November 20th, 2009 Jason 2 comments

One of my favourite scenes from Tombstone is when Ike Clanton says to Wyatt Earp, “Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. Law don’t go around here. Savvy?”  After Wyatt replies that he’s retired, Ike reiterates “Yeah, that’s good, Mr. Law Dog, ’cause law don’t go around here.”
A common theme that has been emerging from the classes [...]

The Definition of READY

August 21st, 2009 Jason No comments

Serge Beaumont posted a great article on the The Definition of READY at Xebia Blog.  While the concept of being ‘ready’ for iteration planning is already in Scrum, I have found that it’s not something that gets a great deal of attention.  Product Owners are left to “get stories ready” without having a clear definition [...]