Holiday Readings
In my 11 days off, I have the following readings on my nightstand:
SCRUM Product Ownership — Balancing Value From the Inside Out
A great resource for Product Owners and their teams. Thanks for writing it Bob!
The Economist
(ok, not a book, but always good reading)
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
A must [...]
Why Agile: an executive and agile champion’s discussion
I’ve had the honor of working with both Israel Gat and Ryan Martens. Both of them are fantastic agile mentors.
SD Times just posted a wonderful role play with these experts entitled “Wrestling with scaling software agility.” This article addresses some of the key issues agilists encounter when justifying and communicating agile development methods to executives. [...]
The Agile Prankster
Release Hardening
The most stressful part of the release. Here’s my persona at the moment:
Constant monitor of all bugs, unfinished stories, and blockers. Not the most popular team member at the moment. The monitoring part seems like I’m just nagging. People run away when I approach. Ultimately, I just suck.
Briber of teams: “Damn, if you actually [...]