Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
Kicked off the year with our traditional shoot of the Polar Bear Dip. Unfortunately problems with my camera meant I couldn’t take any pictures on the Beaches photowalk. 🙁 TOPW: Hair of the Dog 2019 Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) training Wandering Around [My monthly round up posts on this site] [Last month: December] Want more? […]
I tried to get a few shots of the annual Agile Conference but the lighting wasn’t great. The only other time I shot last month was the walk around Evergreen Brickworks before Toronto PhotoWalks’ 8th Anniversary party. Toronto Agile Conference TOPW’s 8th anniversary [My monthly round up posts on this site] [Last month: October] Want […]
The Agile Manifesto was created 15 years ago: “February 11-13, 2001, at The Lodge at Snowbird ski resort in the Wasatch mountains of Utah, seventeen people met to talk, ski, relax, and try to find common ground and of course, to eat. What emerged was the Agile Software Development Manifesto.” [..] “The only concern with […]
I haven’t blogged about Agile very much (compared to photography and Formula One) but that might change soon. In the meantime, I’ve been reviewing some bookmarks I’d filed under “Agile-related stuff I ought to check out some time” (OK, it’s just called “later” but that’s what it means) and either adding them to del.icio.us or […]
Almost 3 years ago I posted a list of the podcasts that I follow, so an update is long overdue. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I’ve promised to share my list with a few people, so the list is below. (Note: some of the feeds may be dormant/dead but I’ve not removed […]
Kelly Waters wrote a great post entitled “10 Things Agile Executives Need To Do Differently” – I hope people will read it (it’s only 10 bullet points – I’m sure you can spare 2 minutes!) and think about how it applies to your own situation. I’ve been coaching multiple teams (at the same organisation) for […]
I was explaining “YAGNI” (You Aren’t Gonna Need It) to someone recently and I wanted to send them an XKCD cartoon which I think sums it up, but I couldn’t find it. Well, just so I have it handy next time, here’s the cartoon: In case it’s not clear from the cartoon (which is called […]
The “tagline” for this blog says “Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Scrum Master / Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan”, so maybe I should expand a little on each of these: Englishman: I was born in Bedfordshire, England; quite often you’ll find a diagram near my desk where I’ve been explaining the difference […]
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Agile Manifesto. At the heart of Agile are four values: “We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive […]
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