26 Aug
2009

Agile in the Very Large – Sam Guckenheimer

I am sitting in Sam Guckenheimer’s talk at the Agile 2009 conference entitled, “Agile in the Impossibly Large – Experiences in Microsoft Developer Division.” Sam is effectively the product owner for Team System and an avid Agilista. He has been sharing experiences in Agility from DevDiv for years and freely publishes stats on Microsoft’s teams. […]

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9 Jun
2009

Portland Code Camp Talks

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I finally (sorry) am getting around to posting materials from my talks at Portland Code Camp. It was a great event and I both enjoyed myself and learned a lot. That’s a great combination! Posterity aside, here are my slide decks from both talks at code camp. I will try and get my BDD sample […]

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8 Jun
2009

See you at VS Live Vegas

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I have been uncharacteristically quiet here on the blog lately. Although I seem to have lost my voice for awhile, I can feel it coming back. Other bloggers tell me they also have dry spells occasionally. The real point of this missive is to note that I, along with many of the Pluralsight crew, will […]

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4 May
2009

On Measuring Agility, Craftsmanship, and Everything Else

There is some heated debate in the wind at the moment on the idea of an Agile Maturity Model (AMM). See here for more on the subject, or go straight to the heart of the matter by reading through this slide deck from Ross Pettit at ThoughtWorks. I have taken the time to study what […]

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