Thursday, June 4th, 2009
While supposedly on vacation and sitting on a beach in Jamaica I finally got around to reading a couple of books that haven’t quite made it to the top of the stack. This is largely thanks to the lack of slack and impending annual performance reviews. More on that later… ...
Tags: agile, Books, Large teams
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Scrum and XP from the trenches by Henrik Kniberg. I mentioned this book the other day as part of my post on books to read when choosing an agile process. I'm mentioning it again for two reasons; 1) it's a great read and 2) it's a really great read. See ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
A conversation I happened to overhear yesterday got me thinking about spiking. What are spikes really for? As usual Mary and Tom Poppendieck have something enlightening to say on the matter. "Regular prototype milestones make concurrent product development possible because they provide a focal point around which cross-functional communication ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Instead of spending Thanksgiving in the wet and dank Pacific Northwest The Susan and I opted for Maui and some serious beach time. Being me I ended up taking a software book, one I've been meaning to read for a very long time. I can't say I finished it but ...
Tags: agile, Books, Travel
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
I've been attending a crucial conversations class at Microsoft. One of the things were were talking about was the sucker's choice. A conversation based about seemingly bad two choices; A or B. For example I can either meet the deadline or ship a quality release but achieving both seems impossible. ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
These are all books I've read and got a lot of value out of. I'd highly recommend them.
Tags: agile, Books, Coding
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
So a while back I was given a copy of Raving Fans to read. It's a fable about great customer service that creates "raving fans" the people who can't stop talking about your product or service and how great it is. I have to say I don't disagree with the ...
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Saturday, June 9th, 2007
I'm Reading...
Elisabeth Freeman: Head First Design Patterns
Ken Blanchard: Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service
Tom DeMarco: Slack
Patrick M. Lencioni: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
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Saturday, October 21st, 2006
My climbing blogBrad Wilson - The .NET GuyEspresso Fueled Agile DevelopmentMartin FowlerAgile Development; Thoughts & StuffGeek NoiseAlan Ridlehoover's Half a PairStephen Cohen's thoughts on Enterprise ArchitectureJoel on SoftwareEric Gunnerson's C# CompendiumBrian Button - One Agile CoderAgile Management BlogJames Newkirk's BlogInfoQJo Cranford - Spike the Poodle
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Recommended
Craig Larman: Agile & Iterative Development, A Manager's Guide
Good overview of several popular agile processes
Ken Schwaber: Agile Project Management with Scrum
Companion book to Ken's course
Barry Boehm, Richard Turner: Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed
Mark F. Twight: Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast, and High
Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres: Extreme ...
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