The Birth of a Network
The moment is nearly there! Next week the Agile Lean Europe network will have its first gathering at the XP2011 conference. The buzz arou...
New Name for My Course
Maybe I shouldn’t bother you with this. But I cannot seem to make up my mind, and I could really use a bit of help. I have received a f...
Old Ideas, New Words
Sometimes I am accused of re-iterating old ideas, and not adding much that’s new. They say my ideas are just old messages in new words....
What About the Non-Feedback?
Agile software development is all about shortening feedback cycles. That’s why I started blogging before I wrote a book. And that’s h...
The Feedback Door
If there’s one thing I am still learning to cope with, it’s criticism. But I figured out that constructive criticism truly improves w...
Wasteful ProductOwners?
In his recent blog post Banish “Priority” and “Prioritization” David Anderson (of Kanban fame) argues that prioritization of feat...
People Decide, Models Inform
Reducing variety is often not the right approach when trying to handle the complexity of the world. I’m writing this text while I’m o...
It Takes Complexity to Handle Complexity
A software project is a network of people, interacting together for their own purposes. We can see part of that network as the system of ...
The Art of Parking My Car
As it turned out, not even driving around for over an hour looking for a non-existing parking spot can spoil the fun of giving my Agile M...
Agile Lean Europe (XP2011 Gathering, 1st update)
I had a feeling people would respond positively to our initiative of the Agile Lean Europe network. But I didn’t expect it would launch...
ALE Gathering at XP2011
Two weeks ago, in London, I discussed some ideas for Europe with four other people. We were five Agile/Lean guys from Ireland, UK, Latvia...
Delegation Poker (Game Description)
Update 6 May 2013: There is a new design available for the Delegation Poker cards. You can download the new Delegation Poker cards h...
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