Tag Archives: Process

Agilewashing

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

Oh no! I sense another doomed “agile” implementation. I was chatting with a friend last night. He told me a lot of his colleagues were being sent on agile training, and they were coming back talking about delivering faster because … Continue reading →

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Are you agile? Or ad hoc?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

What’s the difference? Discipline (and results). We recently had a review of 2012 in our team. It was a mixed year. We had some purple patches where we were really productive and delivered a lot of value, and we had … Continue reading →

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Design documentation – do you need it?

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

In the beginning there was me. And I created a tool. And the tool was good. Well, it was better than the ad hoc interfaces we had used before, mostly based on internal test applications. It had a generic structure … Continue reading →

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Zero tolerance of build breaks

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

I was chatting with a colleague recently, and he mentioned his team had a couple of failing tests. I asked why his build hadn’t picked up on it and he said it had – they knew the build was broken. … Continue reading →

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Is planning waste?

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

Following on from yesterday’s post Is the Planning Game dis-respectful, I had a conversation with Dan North @tastapod . He started by saying detailed planning isn’t just waste, it’s wrong. By which he meant if you do a detailed plan … Continue reading →

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Is the Planning Game disrespectful?

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

Last week I was at the Lean Agile Scotland Conference 2012. Liz Keogh @lunivore gave an excellent keynote on respect, as in respect for your co-workers. More details here. The recording will be online at some point, and I suggest … Continue reading →

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The Human Side of Agile

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

So you’ve studied all the Agile texts. You’ve read everything Tom and Mary Poppendieck have written about Lean Software. You’re estimating story points, working in iterations, standing up every day with pigs and chickens, continuously integrating…and yet you still don’t … Continue reading →

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How to enforce mediocrity

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

When I’m not running to work, I cycle. And I’m one of the fastest on the route. Other cyclists? I breeze past them – you’ve seen Sir Chris Hoy in the velodrome, you can picture it. (Fortunately he trains in … Continue reading →

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Are you heading forwards?

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

Yesterday I ran to work again. I must have tweaked something in the morning because my achilles was sore during the day, but I still had to run home.  So I was very careful as I ran. I tried to … Continue reading →

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How fast are you going?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ian Brockbank

I sometimes run to work.  It usually takes me about 35 minutes at the moment, give or take a couple of minutes. The other day it was a real struggle.  I had not slept well and didn’t have much energy, … Continue reading →

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