Every once in a while it is good to go back to the origins and see where we are coming from, so we can decide where to go next.

There is a famous exercise book for trombonists called Method for Trombone, by Jean Baptiste Arban. It was originally a cornet method...

An orchestra performance is a great illustration of iterative development.

I'd like to tell a story. When I became a woodworker, I was lucky enough to be able to obtain many of the tools necessary for a...

After three plus months of enforced remote work, it turns out you *can* be agile and work remotely.

Programming is far more than copying the code someone else wrote

Recently, we looked at how a jazz combo is a great metaphor for the interactions and exchanges that make up a great small team.  The...

<Adapted from my article in CM Crossroads titled “Making Beautiful Music Together”> Have you ever watched a jazz combo? The performance...

I like to participate in discussion groups.  I enjoy the discussions themselves, and I also like “meeting” the folks who are...

Is it fair to call Quasimodo ugly? Earlier this year, on the LinkedIn Agile discussion group, someone posted the question “Is it fair or...

I have a confession to make.  I’m a manager.  I’ve been a manager for many years.  I’ve led agile development teams most of that time. ...

I’m a woodworker.  I love to work with wood, and I truly enjoy the sense of satisfaction that comes from the work I do.  I think this is...

Debt seems to be on every-one’s mind these days.  You can’t open a newspaper anywhere in the world without seeing some article about some...

I had a very interesting conversation on the scrumdevelopment yahoo group this week that really got me thinking about a few things.  The...

Ever since I got involved in the agile development community, I’ve struggled with the concept of self organizing teams. We all know that...