Imagine, for a moment, a retirement home. Crammed full of people, they are told where to live, what to eat, when to eat … not even allowed to leave the […]
Against Systems – II
I’ve been complaining that people like defined systems – even when they stink – because they are easy. In fact, many people don’t even see the idea of craft in […]
The Age of Reason
I just finished reading Measuring The World which is a wonderful historic novel about the world in the 18th and early 19th century. In many ways, the book explores the […]
Certifiable – II
Another post, this one to the agile-management list … Ron Jeffries Wrote:A leadership certification, one would imagine, would perforce be far less specific and far more general, but just as […]
Certifiable?
The Agile Project Leadership Network is working on a certificate program in Agile Leadership. This has been discussed a bit on the Agile Leadership Yahoo group. I just emailed a […]
Connecting Gibbons and Systems Thinking
I was rather hoping that someone would respond to yesterdays post with: Yes, Matt, that’s all well and good, but you still didn’t answer Harry’s Question – what does the […]
A few of my favorite things – IV
As a thought experiment, I would like to describe nation at a point in time. I’ll let you figure out the nation and time … -> The country was once, […]
Against Systems
As a military cadet, I had a few occasions to design systems – generally point systems. For example, the number of points required to graduate from a summer encampment, or […]
Two Roads in a wood – III (Tone)
Brian Marick once wrong something to the effect of “Methodology design is an extension of personality.” There is a large percentage of the population to who having things be stable, […]
Two Roads in a wood – II
“Deal or no deal?”“Is that your identity?”“Let’s play one verses one hundred!”“Is that your final answer?” These catch-phrases all come from simple, formulaic game shows. The shows are the same, […]
Considering Conferences
I used to go to conferences to get new ideas, and my emphasis was on the “big” ones like The SD Conferences or the Open Source Conference. Thanks to the […]
Two Roads in a wood …
(I’m still on haitus from the Agile Jumped the shark. More soon. While I work on it …) From a recent post I made to the agile-testing list … I […]
I’ve not been welll …
… And will probably continue to be sick. There’s more to come on Agile Jumping the Shark, but it’ll probably later in the weak. Still, in the interim, I wanted […]
If you hate it, do more of it
I was talking to Tessa yesterday about the PMP certification, which I am not exactly a big fan of. She reminded me of the old adage ‘if you hate it, […]
Interesting Links
Scott Ambler has an article in this months Dr. Dobbs Magazine on Agile Testing: http://www.ddj.com/dept/debug/196603549 Yesterday, Sean McMillan sent me this link to Big Agile Up Front:
A Few Of My Favorite Things – IV
I am vaguely disorganized. No, please don’t jump out of your seat and tell me that I “Have” to get more organized. I don’t buy it. I’ve run a successful […]
Christmas Tree Shoppin’ …
Imagine: You bundle up the kids and drive ten miles to the Christmas tree farm. Before you can park your car, a young man greets you, asking you to roll […]
Why Blog?
So far, I’m obligated for quite a bit … A) I want to describe blue man group, and how that might impact our communcationB) Discuss possible ways to contribute to […]
Agile Metrics
Someone on the Agile-Testing list asked about test metrics for his SEI/CMM compliance effort. Here’s my reply: I have one graph, which is a stacked-line graph. On the X axis […]
On Leadership
Pollyanna Pixton Asked me how my thoughts on leadership came to be. Here’s a quick braindump: >How did your thoughts evolve? Now _that_ is an interesting question! I spent seven […]