tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229345422011-07-28T15:06:45.846-04:00 concocting  extraordinary  teamsDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-3887701750058585522009-10-28T23:00:00.001-04:002009-10-29T03:26:02.297-04:00

The "Dialogue Room" at last week's ScrumGathering in Munich was intended by conference organiser Tobias Mayer to create more space for high-bandwidth learning, in contrast to the many "talking heads" sessions planned for the Gathering. Activities there included a Haiku workshop with Liz Keogh, Innovation Games with Lowell Lindstrom and Paul Culling (video here), Tobias' self-organising Scrum

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-15229036358302416292009-10-07T14:51:00.007-04:002009-10-07T15:58:59.627-04:00

Ah, it happened again today. One of those mildly annoying mailing list posts, you know: "Please help me with my thesis! Just follow this link to fill out a survey on Agile and xxx". I deleted it.When the second email came, with the title "Agile developers.......... Please help,,,,, I have to complete my thesis ," I was annoyed. The note included "Why IT professionals don't have 5-10 minutes to

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-45246610637717759122008-07-28T09:10:00.005-04:002008-07-28T09:23:11.209-04:00

Agile Coaches! Forget this Skype business - let's all meet for a REAL drink in Toronto, on Monday August 4th, the night before the Agile2008 conference gets underway! All agile coaches, mentors, leaders are welcome - and bring a friend! Collective-Edge invites you to join us on Monday night to kick off the conference with jazz and good conversation! It's simply a social time for coaches to meet

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-70538029113978890202008-05-11T15:59:00.002-04:002008-05-11T16:28:57.667-04:00

Well, I think I've found my passion! I've ventured into the world of professional coach training, starting with Co-Active Coaching, taught by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).A key Co-Active practice,called "Powerful Questions," (though far from new), blew me away - here is a way to create new possibilities in my retrospectives! The trick lies in NOT asking the weak question, particularly the

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1168140093645529842007-01-06T22:09:00.000-05:002007-02-06T20:11:06.020-05:00

Professional development has many facets: reading books, keeping up to date with news and journals, and working with colleagues to learn from one another. In the field of IT, we need to keep up-to-date and fresh.InfoQ and JAOO have joined to offer another resource: the Qcon conference. The first edition will be held this spring in London, UK, and includes two tracks of interest to practitioners

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1165242183945223682006-12-04T09:13:00.000-05:002006-12-04T09:23:04.296-05:00

I recently facilitated an OpenSpace event in Montreal, and some simple changes from previous similar events made it a much more satisfying event for all. What did we do?First, we "opened the space" with all conference participants, whether they intended to stay in OpenSpace or not. This allowed people to flow in and out of the OS event, confident of the rules and free to fully participate if and

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1155135198734729892006-08-09T10:51:00.000-04:002006-12-01T09:27:49.830-05:00

Robin Dymond and I enjoyed making our presentations at Agile2006. As promised, here is a link to the files related to our topic:Appropriate Agile Metrics: Knowing What and When to MeasureTags:agile metrics Agile2006

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A fellow agilist asked a question about Scrum and process - wondering why an Agile methodology would be rather rigid about basic practices. Here is my answer, from the ScrumDevelopment yahoo group:Re: Are SCRUM and XP actually Process Oriented?Hi Vicky.I do not think we need to divorce the term "process" from Scrum. However, Scrum is not, in my mind, "a process" but rather a way of thinking

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1151864306077796112006-07-02T14:02:00.000-04:002006-07-02T14:23:41.446-04:00

(On June 14th, a colleague posted some objections about getting Agile to work in certain environments. This is my answer to some of his points).Hi Alex.You are definitely not alone in noticing:... that managers and bosses have the real problem moving to agility.I believe this is one of the reasons that some Agile practices have got such a bad rap - teams are rushing ahead without engaging

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1150720371296503632006-06-19T08:31:00.000-04:002006-08-02T23:18:18.803-04:00

I'm sitting patiently in the waiting room in the Women's Hospital maternity ward. It's been a long labour, and everyone is tired - most notably the star performer. In the delivery room, important and difficult decisions are being weighed.I'm doing what, I suspect, a number of other geeky maternity-support-persons are doing elsewhere on the planet, while waiting for the happy announcement:

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We went live, over at InfoQ.com yesterday! It provides news and content to the Agile, Java, .NET, Ruby and SOA communitites - particularly for managers and team leaders of all sorts.Come over for a visit, and if you like what you see, you can register and customize your view of the site, to eliminate news and content in the queues that don't interest you - for example, perhaps Ruby doesn't impact

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1149121560552559702006-05-31T20:18:00.000-04:002006-05-31T20:37:20.090-04:00

I recently ran a retrospective with one of my teams, for a 14-week Agile pilot project. We had a few extra minutes before lunch, so I tried an optional exercise I had on my agenda: Please draw a picture of how you feel about the Pilot. It could be realistic or completely abstract.Now, this team had had the usual Scrum rollout trials, but also a few good surprises: some things had gone far better

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1148162811734703442006-05-20T18:02:00.000-04:002006-05-20T18:06:51.973-04:00

Well, Floyd Marinescu's labour of love is finally ready - InfoQ.com is in pre-launch beta testing and we'd love for you to have a look and send us your comments! And feel free to blog about it - the more the merrier! Official launch is set for the end of the month. Cross-posted - apologies to those of you subscribed to all 3 lists :-)http://www.infoq.com/news/InfoQ-UnlaunchedWe hope this

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1147914237899509542006-05-15T20:43:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:08:00.076-04:00

The sold-out Mesh Conference began today in Toronto: the hordes have descended for what's predicted to be Canada's seminal Web 2.0 event.Web 2.0 is a buzzword coined by those who believe there is a paradigm shift going on in the way people will interface with the world wide web. It has continually incorporated (and spawned) the latest web innovations (podcasts, hacks, tagging), innovations

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1147679114037241152006-05-15T03:42:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:39:15.966-04:00

A great weekend - that once again proves that great teams are where you make them :-)Here is my Flikr slide show of some of my favourite photos of the event, courtesy of our BarCampTdot photographers, including Matthew and this luminous photo by Bryce.More later!deb Tags: TorCamp BarCamp BarCampTdot

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I've been busy in Toronto, doing a little coaching and looking for the enterprises that want help tuning up their development processes... it's slow work, but they are out there! I really want to work at home, if I can - though attractive jobs are more plentiful in the US right now.I'm also working these days with Floyd Marinescu (formerly of TheServerSide.com) on his latest venture, the InfoQ

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146184858550353712006-04-27T20:39:00.000-04:002006-12-18T07:16:37.713-05:00

For the life of me, I can't recall how I heard about OpenSpace... as far as I recall, my first OpenSpace was the one I sponsored in Toronto in 2004! OpenSpace is a way to facilitate an unconference, created twenty years ago by Owen Harrison, who now uses it for The Practice of Peace.It's an amazing way to put people in motion fast... they arrive with nothing but their burning passion to discuss

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146178421632817652006-04-27T18:46:00.000-04:002006-04-28T11:59:10.116-04:00

Leila pinged Mark, who pinged me... In My Lifetime, three things I would like to see...all individuals treated with equal respect, regardless of skin colour, beliefs, abilities, language, or wearing the right labelshousing made affordable for families at all income levelsworkplaces filled with passion and laughter, as we encourage each other to discover and contribute our best abilities.What do

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146176355399561762006-04-27T18:19:00.000-04:002006-04-27T18:20:50.870-04:00

A new study in the April issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (published by the American Psychological Association) indicates that "Groups Perform Better Than The Best Individuals At Solving Complex Problems". No surprise to those of us teaching collaborative work practices!

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146146683703579342006-04-27T10:04:00.000-04:002006-04-27T10:04:44.000-04:00

Jen, who I wrote about in my last item, also drew to my attention BlogHer | Where the women bloggers are, asking: did I want to be involved in a Toronto BlogHer conference in 2006? You bet!Ladies, you can list your blog on this site - there are already over 2000 of us! Yet another online community that may spawn great things!

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146077293121165992006-04-26T14:39:00.000-04:002006-04-26T15:12:07.376-04:00

I call it "networking". Linda Rising calls it "Tell Everyone". In her Patterns for Building a Beautiful Company, Linda has a pattern called "It's a Small World":You’re an entrepreneur who wants to create a Beautiful Company. You’re trying to practice Beautiful Leadership. What’s the best way to get what you need?Organizations, like all human groups, operate through conversation. [Senge 99]    

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1146075518789927862006-04-26T14:17:00.000-04:002006-04-28T09:35:45.076-04:00

The buzz is building... TorCamp's DemoCamp5 was held last night at U of T's Bahen Centre for Information Technology to a full house of 141 attendees, the largest DemoCamp yet.DemoCamp is the place to demo *working* software - we've seen things alpha release state to yesterday's mature 6-year old HP authentication app. But the real star is the crowd, and the real venue was upstairs at Molly

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1145207060265432892006-04-16T13:04:00.000-04:002006-04-16T13:07:16.266-04:00

Coach Kevin Rutherford and I have been musing on this subject: what meaningful measures can we propose to clients to evaluate the results of our work? Kevin's made a start in thinking about this... silk and spinach: process improvement metrics - some questionsHopefully we can discuss this with other coaches at Agile2006 in OpenSpace.Coaches: by what measures do you evaluate your work? It's tough,

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1144963516264996412006-04-13T17:24:00.000-04:002006-04-20T15:56:00.753-04:00

One of the methodologies in which I am trained, and which I teach to others is Scrum Project Management. The team lead in this approach is called the "ScrumMaster" (tongue firmly in cheek) or sometimes referred to as "the sheepdog" because he or she must care for the team, keeping out intruders and distractions. At the beginning, some folks have a hard time wrapping their mind around this role,

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1144504667735280942006-04-08T09:57:00.000-04:002006-04-08T09:57:47.983-04:00

"I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me." E. B. WhiteOne of the things a coach does is "sit outside" the team, keeping watch. Why? Because culture change is

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1144006754895419462006-04-02T15:35:00.000-04:002006-04-05T17:39:59.420-04:00

I think I first heard of intentional concurrent blogging on Hal Macomber's excellent blog. Obviously it stuck in my mind... it's resurfacing now, more than two years later.It's called gridblogging: "a group of bloggers tackling a specific topic on a specific day" and what attracts me about it is the concurrency aspect: everyone is writing fresh, so the perspectives are very personal, not derived

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1144002539197331732006-04-02T14:14:00.000-04:002006-04-02T14:35:57.056-04:00

Ok, you'll probably need to follow the links to keep up here :-)TorCamp is Toronto's own Barcamp. TorCamp 1.0 took place last November in the offices of Teehan+Lax, and was a blast.I've been a member and leader in the Toronto Agile community for a few years now, and it was really nice to meet smart, passionate people from outside our own community. The more, the merrier, I say! On the heels of

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143834590922376532006-03-31T14:44:00.000-05:002006-05-11T17:04:31.583-04:00

Life is too short to pull our punches. This article by Ron Jeffries really resonates with me.

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143042838629511642006-03-31T10:53:00.000-05:002006-04-25T06:38:15.153-04:00

You've no idea how often my apprentices saying: "but wouldn't it be more efficient to..." Agile work focuses on effectiveness. I recently asked my coaching colleagues: what is the difference between efficiency and effectiveness? Efficiency: saving time, money or effort.Effectiveness: producing powerful effects.andEfficiency: doing things rightEffectiveness: doing the right thingsNo wonder it's

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143671389042173402006-03-29T17:29:00.000-05:002006-03-29T17:33:57.483-05:00

In Blink, staff writer from The New Yorker Malcolm Gladwell reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" — filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.Hmmm, sounds like a great skill for a ScrumMaster, doesn't it?Note: BNET is a

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143345703717171722006-03-25T23:01:00.000-05:002006-03-25T23:28:45.036-05:00

Late this afternoon the TorontoAgileCoaches group met for the second time, out in Stouffville. The eight of us managed to fill 6 hours with non-stop talk (and finally remembered to do introductions around 9pm!)We discussed (among other things) inviting Fernando Lopez, a "partnership coach" to teach us some coaching strategies, particularly for conflict resolution on teams. Fernando recently had

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143204418260592662006-03-24T07:46:00.001-05:002006-03-24T08:37:20.470-05:00

This useful diagram comes from Graeme in Australia: Scrum Cheatsheet

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1143034974177421982006-03-22T08:42:00.000-05:002006-03-25T08:15:19.663-05:00

Since my contract in Virginia, where the client had a heavy PMO process, I've been thinking about measuring Agile teams, and the effect this has on teamwork. Robin Dymond and I have written up a short paper on the subject: Appropriate Agile Metrics. We know it's only the tip of the iceberg, but one has to start somewhere! Your comments are welcome... if you indicate your interest here by

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1142863789813534662006-03-20T09:09:00.000-05:002006-03-20T09:12:13.833-05:00

I enjoyed reading Kevin Rutherford's "go ugly early" on silkandspinach. He starts with:"This concept involves releasing early iterations of your products so you can allow your customers to interact with them and provide feedback. I'm not talking about releasing unstable or buggy products - I'm talking about releasing stable products that have limited functionality, but which telegraph the shapes

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1142719960749558562006-03-18T17:12:00.000-05:002006-03-18T17:16:17.070-05:00

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired."-- Nikos KazantzakisFrequent reflection by Agile work teams creates the regular opportunity to remark on what is missing, so that we may express our desire for it. Why then are we surprised when it emerges?! Agile work is not magic - it only seems like it,

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1142565470114122222006-03-16T22:17:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:42:46.496-05:00

The carnival has come to town again. Have a look for interesting Agile links and resources.

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1142265393356529942006-03-13T10:56:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:31:10.830-05:00

Reading Mishkin's "The Art of Obstacle Removal" I became aware of something I do at work, mostly without thinking about it.I often do very physical things in the team space, things that need doing, but which have an additional intangible goal. I pick up garbage after the team lunch. I move an information radiator so all of the team can see it. I put a partition where it blocks noisy traffic

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1142075468740285302006-03-11T06:01:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:30:31.073-05:00

It seems I may have coined a phrase on the ScrumDevelopment list with my post "Emergent Documentation". I had been hearing echos from the technical writing world that sounded to me like object-oriented writing (actually called "single sourcing")... and I mused aloud.After posting to numerous tech writer lists, I then came up with an expert in my own home town, Montreal. France Baril of IXIASOFT

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1141844260731859202006-03-08T13:57:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:32:13.176-05:00

Something I recently saw made me wonder: is the drive to control built-in? Why do so many of us revert to this style under pressure, even while we believe collaboration gives better results?Agile Work and Agile Software Development value collaboration so highly, it's built into the very methods we teach. Some of the Agile practices can be used without collaboration - but with the loss of

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1141350336531317932006-03-02T20:28:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:33:13.456-05:00

Now, more than ever, governmental and non-profit organizations need to shed heavy, lengthy and mis-conceived processes and find more effective ways to get important things done.TradeStorm 2006: "Strategies and Tactics for Sustainability of Non-Profit Organizations" took place last week, organized by NewPath Network and hosted by Rotman Nexus. It brought together NGOs, not-for-profits and

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140770850914855782006-02-25T03:45:00.000-05:002006-03-18T15:35:56.046-05:00

The juggler keeps a balance between work and play, obligation and passion. This is one of my favourite works - at the time, I was both working and studying the fine arts, a true juggling act. My boss was a believer in Balance - he sponsored my second show, and he bought this picture. Happily, he let me buy it back when they moved to a new space, after I'd moved to another city. Now, more than

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140772700322573082005-12-30T16:17:00.000-05:002006-05-20T02:54:52.873-04:00

You love your work. You love your family. It's a difficult balancing act: which is winning at your house, these days? Perhaps, right now, the fulcrum on this precarious teeter-totter is set for more teetering than tottering. How to move the fulcrum? Readjusting work-life balance, while desirable, may seem impossible given the projects we are embroiled in right now. How do we get into this

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140769508721620612005-07-15T03:24:00.000-04:002006-02-24T03:25:08.783-05:00

"Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behaviour." - Dee Hock, former CEO of Visa International

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140769811142124482005-04-28T08:29:00.000-04:002006-03-18T15:38:23.430-05:00

I've been reading and thinking on the changing role of the Business Analyst (BA), in relation to the structure of Agile teams. I've come across a number of teams reflecting on this very thing. This article reflects my own experience and also the recent discussions with and blogs by various Agile colleages. When the customer and the team are in sync, the BA could only play a supporting role, I

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140768746566812402005-02-24T03:11:00.000-05:002006-02-24T03:18:01.020-05:00

"No plan survives contact with life"-- Captain Dylan Hunt, Andromeda AscendantThese days our paradigms are shifting away from man-made models (engineering, manufacturing) and toward the natural world. The book Biomimicry talks about how the products of the natural world far outstrip our engineered marvels, and how science is trying to learn from nature.There are many examples in nature of "

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140768627326566282005-01-24T03:09:00.000-05:002006-03-17T16:16:16.973-05:00

    "I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem."You are a type A personality. You like bright things, you don't call in sick to work, and you have devastating opinions about art. brought to you by Quizilla

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140769708689113352004-07-24T00:27:00.000-04:002006-03-21T02:04:06.076-05:00

I find a Wiki problematic for certain kinds of tasks. But I thought, surely I'm not the first to encounter this, so I googled "co-write wiki" and discovered Blokis! "A Bloki is a hybrid of a Blog and a Wikki which combines the ease of publishing a Blog and the collaboration of a Wiki. A Bloki allows you to "collaborate on shared documents, write a document and have others mark it up with their

Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119479871644025705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22934542.post-1140769200571295122004-05-22T15:18:00.000-04:002006-03-18T15:41:07.086-05:00

I recently received notice that my AgileAlliance membership will soon be up for renewal. Darn, and my hot water heater just exploded - it's one bill after another!But I'm going to renew, because I'd hate to go back to the way we used to work. I find the Agile paradigm so much more sensible, rewarding and effective.Clients and developers are given roles appropriate to their expertise and are

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"Good designers don't put handles on unlatched doors that can only be pushed. Instead, they put a flat plate where the handle would otherwise be. Just about the only thing you can do with a plate is to push on it, so the physical structure of the plate helps you operate the door correctly."--Object Oriented Perl, Damien Conway

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Resume of Deborah Hartmannsoftware development coach for agile teams and their customers[ PDF version of this Resume with Contact Information ]OBJECTIVESI enjoy the challenge of building resilient software teams, capable of fast delivery and quick change of direction. As the pace of development picks up, I also work with customers, improving their ability to rapidly identify and communicate

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