Using Open Space as a retrospective format
I was lucky enough to attend the Orlando Scrum Gathering in March this year, and even luckier to hear Harrison Owen talk about Open Space and then to have him facilitate the Open Space at the Gathering. As he was introducing the days event, I …
Do Better Scrum
As a SUGSA Scrum Day sponsor I distributed a little booklet I compiled. I titled it “Do Better Scrum”. Since then several people has asked me for copies. And Tobias Meyer was kind enough to suggest several improvements. So here is the second edition which …
Measuring for Results
At the first South African Scrum Day, held in Cape Town on 1 September, 2009, I gave a talk on the topic of agile metrics. You can just download the slides and save yourself the pain of listening to me! Peter Hundermark – Agile Metrics …
Agile Metrics
We all know the saying “measurement drives behaviour”. Therefore Agilists are understandably wary when management demands metrics to prove that their investment in Agile practices is paying off. I’ve done some work to identify a small set of Agile metrics that I believe to be …
Scott Ambler on Agile
Scott Ambler talking in Cape Town. For free! One of the Agile thought leaders, now working at IBM Rational. Also a notorious Scrum maligner. I had to go. If only to be equipped to do damage control. So I pitched up with as open a …
