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Go for success
Jeff Sutherland often talks about ready-ready. It sounded clear the first time I heard it. But I have recently got a deeper understanding of the concept. Here is my new understanding and why I think it's important for successful development. Read ...
Jättarna blir agila
(Sorry to international readers. This is a comment to a notice in a Swedish magazine. That's why I write his in Swedish) I dagens Computer Sweden skriver Lars Danielsson om två stora Agila projekt och vad de har gemensamt. Som insider kan jag avs...
Agile Support with Kanban in French
My paper about Agile Support has been translated to French. Read more...Tags : kanban support agile
Agile Support with Kanban
A year ago I held an Open Space at Scrum Gathering in Stockholm about Agile Support. I have since received several requests to expand on the topic, so here it comes. Download the article about Agile support with Kanban Good Luck! /Tomas
Why Scrum is better than Kanban
I have for some time been thinking, what is best, Kanban or Scrum. I can't make up my mind so I decided to write two blog entries, one where I have the "I love Kanban" hat on me and one where I'm wearing a "I love Scrum" T-shirt. My...
Why Kanban is better than Scrum
I have for some time been thinking, what is best, Kanban or Scrum. I can't make up my mind so I decided to write two blog entries, one where I have the "I love Kanban" hat on me and one where I'm wearing a "I love Scrum" T-shirt. My...
Three reasons why story points are better than ideal man days for estimations
I often hear from Scrum teams they don't understand why estimating in story points are better than estimating in ideal man days. Here comes three reasons ...Read more...Tags : estimation agile storypoints scrum
No dish debt at home
I’m half time on paternity leave so this blog entry will have a touch of my life at home with my 1-year-old son Oliver. Even though they can’t speak, those young citizens have a lot of power since their screaming can make a father do anyth...
How to build trust with a management team
To get a self-organising team we need to get managements fingers out of the jam pot. The only way that can happen truly is if management have full trust for the team. If you face reality, trust is nothing you get for free it's something you have to des...

Recent Responses

Re: Why Kanban is better than Scrum
Nice angles!
Re: Why Kanban is better than Scrum
Really good idea with these very informative blog entries!
Re: Three reasons why story points are better than ideal man days for estimations
At a speech about Pomodoro Technique Staffan Nöteberg mentioned that most people feel uncomfortable about giving estimates in actual time. Aha, I thought. Uncomfortable people are less productive so estimation in days are less productive.

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