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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Test Pyramid Explained - Part 2: Measurement Systems

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Understanding the "Why" of the Test Pyramid is important in making the right decisions. This article examines the underlying foun...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Test Pyramid Explained - part 1

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Let's take a deeper look at what the Test Pyramid is, and how it can help us achieve sustainable, high quality. In this section, we will...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Not Scrum - not a problem

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We have been warned in our CSM training: "Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable and although implementing only part...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Things that never meant what we understood

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We throw around a lot of terminology - yet we may not even know what we're saying. Here are three terms that you may have understood dif...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Does "being agile" reduce IT cost?

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Which truth is to the claim, "using the agile approach could cut banks' IT spending by 20% to 30%" as proposed by BCG and othe...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Three statements separating poor and great leaders

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Many people think they are great, but when push comes to shove, they succumb to fear - and avoid doing the very thing that would be required...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

How agile coaching changed me

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When I actively started going into the direction of coaching, I was a typical consultant. In short: Do as requested, give the customer what ...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

The "Technical Triangle" of Effort Distribution

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"The TQB Iron Triangle" has long since been overhauled. Still, there is a tradeoff that we need to make - and we all do this, eve...
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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Environmental influence on Planning

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"How can we make an Iteration (Sprint) plan to  deliver an Epic  when we still have too many Unknowns?" - this question plagues ma...
Friday, April 20, 2018

Want trust? Deal with fear!

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"Fear is a bad advisor!" - proverb. Positive working environments require trust. Trust can be given and earned - it can't be ...
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Monday, April 2, 2018

Top 5 Ways Companies Hamstring their Development Process

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Consulting with dozens of companies, I have come up with a list of the most common impediments that damage a company’s ability to generate m...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

The IOWA-Number - a tool for team building

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Not every person contributes equal amounts on the team, and that's often okay. But there are some cases, where a conversation is needed....
Monday, March 19, 2018

Continuous Deployment - more than a toolchain

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A while ago, a prospective client approached me, "We've purchased a Continuous Deployment Toolchain, now we need someone to do the ...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Five signs you've got the wrong agile coach

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You've set out to begin your organization's "Agile Transformation" and, lacking the expertise, you've brought in exter...
Sunday, March 4, 2018

Eight character traits of good leaders

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Many people like to be in a position of leadership - without ever considering what makes the character of a leader. In this article, I propo...