When slicing the Agile 2009 conference and looking at trends, there was a lot of talk about Kanban, Mainstream Agile and using Games for improving and learning Agile/Lean techniques. But also group dynamics, how we are working together, how we collaborate...
I went to a few sessions at the Agile 2009 conference related to group dynamics, hyper productive teams and corporate culture. Help me to see... corporate culture with Tobias Mayer and Lyssa Adkins. "Using a simple yet effective collaboration game...
In this slice about inspiration from Agile 2009, I will write about the inspiring elements from different sessions and discussions with other participants. It will be more facts than thoughts and trends (I will cover that in later blog posts, slicing...
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In this slice about the Agile 2009 venue, I will write about the city, the hotel and include some elements from the two keynotes. I liked to be in Chicago, it is a pleasant city with a breathtaking skyline. People asked me a couple of times, if I needed...
This year, nearly 1400 attendees contributed to the second largest Agile conference in Chicago, USA. Next year the Agile 2010 conference will be in Nashville. I have used some time to do some reflection about the conference. I also got back to a more...
One of the very efficient tools I have used for many years to do visible, focused and shared planning is to create a task board on a whiteboard. When working in an iterative process, like Scrum, it is a good way for the team together to plan the iteration...
How do you more efficiently improve your software development? There are many different silver bullet methodologies about the "right" way to make software development (XP, Scrum, Crystal Clear, DSDM, Prince2, RUP, MSF, CMMI, IPMA, Lean etc....
It is all about trust, respect, collaboration, feedback and understanding the small (or big…) difference between different cultures. I had a very interesting experience years back when I started working together with people from the other side...
Så er det blevet tid til årets kastanjejagt I Charlottenlund Slotspark og der bliver samlet godt ind. Desværre viser det sig at kastanjerne er ret så små, så vi må nok af sted igen på endnu en jagt. Den obligatoriske rosinbolle bliver indtaget med stor...
In July, I went to a Scrum Product Owner course by Roman Pichler in London and am now Certified Scrum Product Owner. Basically I have worked as a Scrum Product owner for several years with different products, but it was inspiring to hear Romans presentation...
On Tuesday June 24 th , I attended a session with Mary Poppendieck at the IT University of Denmark. Mary did a talk with the title "Is Agile a Fad?" with the subtitle "Will Agile Software Development end on the Dumping Grounds of History...
Many organizations are introducing Agile practices like Scrum, XP etc. to get some more value in software development. An important area that is not covered so much with Agile practices is the more holistic view of the whole system. In many situations...
I just had 2 great weeks with my family at Fanø on summer vacation. During the last week, there was a major kite festival on the beach with an amazing number of incredible kites and people from many different countries. Great :-)