Several teams I’ve worked with wonder why it is important to finish work within the Sprint timebox. “This is an artificial container for my work,” they explain. “Why can’t our work just take the time it takes? Why must it be get all the way done in one Sprint?” In my experience, these frustrated teams […]
Read MoreMany software development teams, especially those creating or supporting a shared platform or infrastructure, find themselves overwhelmed by ad-hoc work requests. A frequent response to this situation is to move from an iterative, incremental practice to Kanban or some other flow-based model. In many situations, this is the exact opposite of what should happen. When […]
Read MoreIf you read French (or can wade through Google Translator’s version of English) then you may read an interview I did recently with the folks over at Elapse Technologies, a Quebec-based agility training and coaching organization. Here is a link to the interview. It?s Not About Chores For some time I have been meaning to […]
Read MoreI am announcing the launch of Elegant Code Solutions, LLC. This marks my decision to join the community as an independent trainer, developer, coach, and consultant. For the last four years I have worked for Scrum.org and Microsoft, and I am coming back to my happiest professional roots: Helping teams improve their agility with professionalism […]
Read MoreI have known many developers who resent the Daily Scrum, or daily stand-up meeting. I have literally watched team members hide from the Scrum Master by leaving the team room before its time for the Daily Scrum. This typically because the Development Team doesn?t feel it is getting sufficient value from the event. More concretely, […]
Read MoreVisual Studio customers have been asking for richer tagging features inside the IDE for a long time. TFS and VSO have allowed tagging of work items for well over a year, but the only way to really work with the tags has been through the web interfaces. The teams that build features in Visual Studio […]
Read MoreI regret not having blogged in several months and am determined to get back on that wagon. Let?s start simply, with a goofy little holiday project. This is what happens when my boss puts me on ?you?ve been working too much? leave. I do dumb things in the garage. I despise an untidy mess and […]
Read MoreI am thrilled to announce that I have accepted the opportunity to join Scrum.org, effective early May, as Chief Operating Officer. I am grateful for the time I’ve spent at Microsoft in DevDiv, and for the chance to be a small part of shipping Visual Studio and TFS to so many developers who use those […]
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