“The New Agile” Slides
I had a great fun presenting at the Agile Practitioners meet-up today on “The New Agile”. Good feedback, and feels like a keynote. Here are the “New Agile” slides. The New Agile
Category Archives: scrum
I Did Scrum and All I Got Was This Lousy Shirt
So this came up a few days ago: “Why Scrum Should Basically Just Die In A Fire”. My first thought was: “Of course scrum is failing him, he’s not actually doing scrum.” Second thought was: “He doesn’t understand agile at all, does he?” Third thought was: “Gil, you’re an idiot.”. Because I have been saying
Why Do We Need Managers Anyway?
I’ve been scratching my head lately regarding management, and what is it good for. So I’m probably going to spend some time on the subject in this here blog. Long time readers of this blog (you poor guys, thanks for sticking with me!) know I’m a fan of Manager Tools. For the last seven years,
When Will It Be Done?
Everyone likes to know the answer. In fact, this question can be interpreted in many ways, and answered that way too. For example, if we’re using agile techniques, we assume things will go wrong. So what we’re asking really is when is the scope going to be completed. And that’s not the way agile works,
Predictability Addiction
I’m addicted to predictability. I admit it. I want my life to flow along, according to plan. Sure there will be some minimal changes, but I can adapt. I’ve given up on this long ago, as I came face-to-face with real life. I know life is not predictable. And I have embraced change, as agile
Expert On Everything
I’ve read an interesting article about how agile leaves security features off the hook. Security features are usually counted as a non-functional requirements. Non-functional requirements have been a thorn in the side of developers for years. But as with everything, it’s goes a bit deeper. Non-Functional requirements are hard to define. You can define uptime,
My Interview with Lisa Crispin
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to talk with Lisa Crispin. Lisa is a prominent figure in the testing world, and co-authored “Agile Testing”. This was a great opportunity for me to talk to someone from the tester side, as usually I talk with developers. And I felt this was more of a
Can software succeed even if Agile failed?
I’ve got very interesting feedback for my last post about the decline of agile. I strongly believe that producing quality software, regardless of how it is produced is the most important thing we can do, regardless if we’re developers, managers or anything in between. But is it enough to save agile? Maybe it’s the wrong
4 Warning Signs that Agile Is Declining
I’ve been thinking lately about how agile turned out to be the way we know it today. And the more I think about it, I get more depressed. You see, agile was supposed to save us all. It was supposed to be the bridge between business and developers. And 10 years after its inception, we
The Agile Tribe Wars: The Prezi
I want to thank everyone who come to my presentation yesterday. I got my inspiration (and a few jokes) from the following presentations: Agile Overview – Robert Martin The Land that Scrum Forgot – Robert Martin The Mistake at the Heart of Agile – Michael Feathers And for the people who want to read the