Les programmes de certification Scrum, comment ça marche ?

September 02, 2011

Au début de l’été, Eric et moi avons eu le plaisir d’être les invités du Visual Studio Talk Show, un... Continue reading

You need an Agile Product Manager, not an Agile Project Manager

June 15, 2011

When an organization starts using Scrum, it runs into tough questions. One question that is particularly challenging is: Is the... Continue reading

The Birth of Team Sosoft

January 18, 2011

Last november, I experienced the first Codapalooza as part of team Sosoft. This was the first event of its kind... Continue reading

How to change things when change is hard?

November 10, 2010

That’s the question the Heath brothers address in Switch. I had great expectations before reading the latest book from the... Continue reading

You need a ScrumMaster to change the old style

October 07, 2010

There seem to be a confusion between the role of the ScrumMaster and one of a team facilitator. Jason Little... Continue reading

Start doing sprint reviews, not demos

August 31, 2010

There’s a misunderstanding I’ve noticed in quite a few Scrum projects. Teams use Scrum and at the end of their... Continue reading

Asking powerful questions to hire right

July 16, 2010

Many organizations spend a significant amount of time defining the experience, education, skills and other factors required for open positions.... Continue reading

Making good use of assertion messages in tests

July 01, 2010

Have you ever struggle with coming up with useful assertion messages in your tests? Well, I have; until not so... Continue reading

Change is the job of the ScrumMaster

June 15, 2010

I recently finished reading Community, the Structure of Belonging, by Peter Block. While reading the book, I could not help... Continue reading

Scrum is not about project management

June 07, 2010

I often hear people talk about Scrum as a project management framework. I don’t like that idea. Scrum is for... Continue reading

Product vision and Strategic Design

May 27, 2010

When I coach Scrum teams, I usually spend a significant amount of time working with the Product Owner to teach... Continue reading

Imposterizing checked exceptions

May 25, 2010

I have been frustrated many times by some of Java’s checked exceptions. I’m sure you can recall some of your... Continue reading