Games: a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.
Have you been part of a team that was faced with a “What shall we do now?” dilemma as the result of a significant change (chaos) introduced into their system? Perhaps it was a really messy problem. Some team members wanting to rush forward and do something, anything. Some felt like they had …
Ever since the dawn of our species, we’ve told stories.
We’ve sung them, told them around campfires, painted them on cave walls, drew them on clay pots and canvases, woven them in tapestries and carved them into stone. Eventually we wrote them down.
Today, we share stories via sticky notes, podcasts, town halls, planning meetings and daily scrums.
I once had a bit of fun on a train ride. Mind you, I was in the “quiet car,” so it was not a raucous karaoke kind of fun. More inside-my-own-head kind of fun. I built a personal map. “Why?” you ask. Let me first explain the “What.” What is …
An estimate by definition is: “an approximate calculation or judgment of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.” It is fundamentally a guess, a probability distribution. When estimating an Agile backlog, no promise is made. No warranty should be expressed or implied. (If you want a guarantee, buy a …
It’s a pretty tired discussion in my house: Multi-threading, multi-tasking, the cost of context switching, etc. Especially with a teenager at the dinner table… So I found a nifty exercise to drive the point home. Supplies Needed: One volunteer who considers themselves an expert context-switcher / multi-threader Three decks of …