Not long ago, Chet Hendrickson (one of the early eXtreme Programming practitioners along with people like Ron Jeffries, Bob Martin and Kent Beck) gave an online talk/webinar entitles “What Should We Have Done Different” in which he looked back at the early days of Agile work and considered what perhaps…

As I work on Implementing Agile Values and Principles, the follow-up book to Understanding Agile Values and Principles (UAVP) (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/), besides offering material that will not end up being in the book, I want to post some brief ideas that will be included, and expanded upon, in the book. …

As I work on Implementing Agile Values and Principles, the follow-up book to Understanding Agile Values and Principles (UAVP) (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/), I have been editing out material that, while of some interest, does not really advance the point of this new book. I’ve decided to post this material, bit by bit…

As I work on Implementing Agile Values and Principles, the follow-up book to Understanding Agile Values and Principles (UAVP) (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/), I have been editing out material that, while of some interest, does not really advance the point of this new book. I’ve decided to post this material, bit by bit…

“Agile” and “agile” As I work on Implementing Agile Values and Principles, the follow-up book to Understanding Agile Values and Principles (UAVP) (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/), I have been editing out material that, while of some interest, does not really advance the point of this new book. I’ve decided to post this material, bit by bit…

As I work on Implementing Agile Values and Principles, the follow-up book to Understanding Agile Values and Principles (UAVP) (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/), I have been editing out material that, while of some interest, does not really advance the point of this new book. I’ve decided to post this material, bit by bit…

Perhaps Frameworks Aren’t the Best (Initial) Path to Agility? A few years ago, I wrote a book called Understanding Agile Values and Principles (https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-values-principles/). I did this because years of training and coaching people and organizations suggested to me that many organizations start their path to Agility with a framework…

I Have Three Words for You In my years coaching and training teams and organizations I have most often been brought in for the former after the organization has been “doing Agile” for a while and then feels they need some help since things haven’t been going as they hoped. …

[A very short post today. May be a few days before I organize some older ideas for future posts.] I ran across these while looking at some older article ideas. I’ve listed the sources for most of them, but did not have them for the first two. The Product Owner…