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How to Cook for Forty…or Something

How do we get started with Agile or anything, really?  Here is an opinionated series of answers that build upon each other. It doesn’t happen overnight, so take it a step at a time! BUILD SOMETHING.  Seriously, just build.  Not … Continue reading

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Lawn Mowing for Dummies, Pt. 2

Well, that’s Colorado weather for you- the minute you pull out the lawn mower and set up the patio, you get 20″ of snow!  Sounds like a massive requirement change to me! Seriously, my muse spoke to me loud and … Continue reading

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Are We There Yet?

Like children in the back seat of a car, our stakeholders can be incessant at times, don’t you think?  Projects seldom go as planned, or are even delivered in some nearby variant of ‘on-time, on-budget’.  So how do we know … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned from a Hurricane, Part II

In the second half of this, I’d like to examine another facet of what makes us stronger, and helps to weather the storm.  Yes, pun intended. Another observation that was uncovered in the article is that trees that typically are less … Continue reading

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Tractor For Sale

I once heard a story, that I cannot validate in content, nor origin; but sounds too true in general, and with how we approach so many things. Russia had an immense workforce in the early 1900’s, but lacked the mechanization to … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned From a Hurricane, Part I

I recently stumbled across an article that made me really contemplate how Agile methods and teams can be successful, as a corollary to the topic that it was written about.  One of the foundational ideals of the article reads as … Continue reading

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Want to be more Agile? Be more Disciplined…

That’s right.  I said it.  To be more agile, you must be more disciplined, rigid. The thing about agile that strikes me funny is how misunderstood it really is.  So many folks think that it is a license to freelance or freewheel, … Continue reading

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Lawn Mowing for Dummies

I’ve always loved those ‘Dummies’ books.  Probably because I can be a ‘dummy’ at times, but more likely because the authors do such a great job with separating information, and cutting to the chase on specific concepts. The other day, … Continue reading

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You Kan(ban) Do It!

A topic of interest that seems to be gaining some steam around the agile community and with some of our clients is Kanban.  Kanban is a Japanese term that is literally translated ‘signboard’, often cited as ‘card wall’.  The practice … Continue reading

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