7 rules for (Agile) Test Automation
In a previous project I had to compete against the established experts when trying to introduce a sensible test automation approach. The reasoning why not to work with suitable tools was mainly based...
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New Scrum Process Overview – update
I posted my drawing on the scrum process some time ago and afterwards it popped up on teamwalls, in presentations, give-aways etc. This is great and it motivated me to make some adjustments, given the...
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Sketchnoting For Absolute Beginners
I’ve taken up sketchnoting recently, and I love it! So, what is sketchnoting? Why is it useful? And how do you get started? The answer to the first question is pretty straight-forward: Sketchnoting is...
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The secret to 3-digit productivity growth
The secret to 3-digit productivity growth is simple; stay focussed on your goal. One thing that keeps us from staying focussed is context switching; picking up a task, then interrupting it for another...
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Introducing “Master PO”
I would like to introduce you to Master PO. Master PO comes from the land of the rising sun. There he runs a successful sushi-shop with many happy customers. Many has he trained in the art of...
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Agile@Home
Scrum, agile and lean are much used in professional work. More recently we have seen scrum and agile principles being applied outside of IT. In the past two decades especially within IT team. For...
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Master PO – episode 2
This weeks wisdom: “If your code smells, your business will be slow”
View ArticleGroup Conformity & Velocity in Scrum
A team that I have coached took up and voluntarily committed to a sprint backlog that was not realistic. Worse, not only it was clear afterwards that it was unrealistic, but they knew already right...
View ArticleOrganisational Inertia – A Predictor for Successful Agile Transformations?...
Organisational Gravity is well-known from the book ‘Succeeding with Agile’ by Mike Cohn and described therein as ‘the forces that pull an organisation back into old habits’ [Coh09]. When an...
View ArticleDe oneindige cirkel van succes
Nagenoeg elk team dat op een Agile manier gaat werken ondergaat een versnelde ontwikkeling. Agile teams ontwikkelen zich meestal gemakkelijk. In de 1ste sprint retrospective zullen de teamleden de...
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Composite User Stories
User stories User stories must represent the business value. That's why we use the well known one-line description 'as an <actor> I want an <action>, so I can reach a <goal>'. It is...
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Phoney Deadlines are Deadly for Achieving Results
Ever had deadlines that must be met causing short-term decisions to be made? Ever worked over time with your team to meet an important deadline after which the delivered product wasn’t used for a...
View ArticleSpeedy FitNesse roundtrips during development
FitNesse is an acceptance testing framework. It allows business users, testers and developers to collaborate on executable specifications (for example in BDD style and/or implementing Specification by...
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Organisational Inertia - A Predictor for Success of Agile Transformations?...
In part 1 (Organisational Inertia - Part 1) I have focussed on the question: 'Organisational Inertia - What is it?’. This blog addresses the question ‘How do we measure it?’. I'll start from the...
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One Change at a Time
One of the twelve Agile principles states "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behaviour accordingly" [1]. Many Agile teams have...
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How Agile accelerates your business
This drawing explains how agility accelerates your business. It is free to use and distribute. Should you have any questions regarding the subjects mentioned, feel free to get in touch.
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How combined Lean- and Agile practices will change the world as we know it
You might have attended this month at our presentation about eXtreme Manufacturing and the keynote of Nalden last week on XebiCon 2014. There are a few epic takeaways and additions I would like to...
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How architecture enables kick ass teams (1): replication considered harmful?
At Xebia we regularly have discussions regarding Agile Architecture? What is it? What does it take? How should you organise this? Is it technical or organisational? And much more questions… which I...
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Applying Little's Law in Agile Games
Have you ever used Little's Law to explain that lower WiP (work in progress) limits lead to shorter cycle times? Ever tried to illustrate Little's Law in an Agile game and found it doesn't hold? Then...
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Why Little's Law Works...Always
On the internet there is much information on Little's Law. It is described an explained in many places [Vac]. Recently, the conditions under which it is true got attention [Ram11]. As will be...
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