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Confessions of an ALE2011 attendee
Last week I went to Berlin for the very first Agile Lean Europe conference. ALE2011 was one of the many ideas that originated during the World Café session hosted by Jurgen Appelo during XP2011 in...
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Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software...
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Why I quit
(image by peminumkopi) I quit one of my biggest clients last week. For almost 2 years, it has been a major part of my professional career. You can imagine it was hard to say goodbye after such a long...
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The new hype in software development
Last week I visited Gothenburg, Sweden for the first Software Passion Summit. I was invited to speak at this brand new event. As with all new conferences, their tends to be a special atmosphere in the...
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Why Kanban for skeptics?
I noticed that in my professional and private life, I’m asking the following question more often: Why? This annoys the hell out of my colleagues, family and friends. But, I’ve learned the hard way,...
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Boring retrospectives – part 7 : Role swapping
People picture themselves doing your job, and I bet you do the same. If I were a tester on this project, I would do things differently. In many cases, you even have ideas to do the job better. Whether...
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7 personal productivity tips
I’m addicted to personal productivity tips. How can I get more value out of my time that has become so scarce, during the last years? Here are 7 tips: 1. Agree to a clear work-life balance and stick...
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Vision based retrospectives – avoiding conflicting improvements
As most of you know, I’m quite fond of continuous improvement. I guess it’s the whole idea of admitting that you can’t predict the future. And therefore, if we wish to grow, we must learn and adjust...
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