Calculating Lead Times While Waiting at the Motor Vehicle Department
By Derek Neighbors, Published on March 27, 2013
How to estimate everyday things. Continue ReadingCode
How To Run A Lean Coffee
By Derek Neighbors, Published on March 27, 2013
Quick tutorial on how to run a lean coffee. Continue Reading
Scrum Burndown Chart Hack
By Derek Neighbors, Published on March 10, 2013
Scrum burndown using a pipe cleaner. Continue Reading
Agile Open Southwest Recap
By Derek Neighbors, Published on December 11, 2012
Open Spaces always tend to amaze me. They really are the right people in the right place at the right time. When we kicked off Agile Open Southwest, I was a little bit nervous about what might come out. As always, I was left absolutely amazed. It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Finding everyone was a different place on their journey yet still able to be find common ground and learn from one another. Continue Reading
Don't Make Your Retrospectives Confusing
By Derek Neighbors, Published on November 30, 2012
If explaining an activity in a retrospective takes more than a minute or two it probably isn't very effective. Don't fall into the trap of making things too complex. Activities shouldn't be complicated they should be fluid. Giving participants too many options and being unclear with instructions makes it difficult to fluid with sharing thoughts. Continue Reading