Hi John, I am sorry for the very late notice, but I am stuck at work, end of Sprint! ... I wanted to get to talk with Jim, but I would not be able to make it ...
Free Lean Software Development Course Taught On-line by Alan Shalloway Lean-Thinking provides a framework from which to improve virtually any organization's...
This past week, Jim York presented some of the underlying values that Lean practitioners are concerned with. A good meeting and a good topic. In addition,...
One topic of Lean which I was hoping Jim York would cover is the Value Stream Map. It is a Lean analytical method which is an integral part of looking LEAN-ly...
More details at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillyaltnet/message/416 Thursday, November 13th, 2008 6:30PM - 9:00 PM Web Project Kickoff Meeting at G2...
Anything related to books sounds good to me--lightning book summaries, trading, and/or discussion groups! One of the ways Agile Philly has helped me most is...
John, Thanks for bringing the Value Stream Map up. While we "dipped" a bit into the concept of the Value Stream, an exploration using a mapping exercise would...
AgilePhilly group, Want Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto: http://agilemanifesto.org/ to speak at an AgilePhilly meeting? Jon spoke at a Philly Java...
From the perspective of supporting energized work, helping our team gel, and for nurturing individual developer growth, my team is currently building a model...
Hmmm... my initial gut reaction is to be skeptic. Encouraging that you are considering the "soft" side of teams... But concerned about the technique. I would...
... We are trying to help the team value balance and diversity, to promote individual worth, energized work, and better team dynamics. We have a stable, safe,...
Hello André, What if you started having a graph without legends, that was different for each person. Would there be value in knowing how diverse a persons ...
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It seems that you could achieve this sort of enlightenment through discussions versus radar charts ;-) Quick-win versus sustainability should not be a...
I like what David had to say. I also am worried about scoring individuals on things that don't have a hard measure. I am afraid you will just generate...
I'd also be leery about this kind of explicit measurement. I think achievements should be recognized as a team, and individual shortcomings or improvement...
I've been playing with a similar concept but with one distinct twist; the feedback on the attributes comes from two sources: one being team members and the...
Andre, another point about "scope"... I believe you are using the term "scope" in the normal (non-software) manner to mean "extent" of the solution; versus...
grammatical error on my part - Joel I like what David had to say. I also am worried about scoring individuals on things that don't have a hard measure. I am...
I read this article on wall street sometime ago: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122426318874844933.html. This article talks about performance review and the...
... rewarded as a team. They ... In my experience, I'd say this depends on temperament, and while many engineering types are introverted, there is still a...
Agile Philly's John Voris Speaker and Member John Voris is mentioned in the new book Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams. You can...
Agile Philly's John Voris Speaker and Member John Voris is mentioned in the new book Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams. You can...
Meeting Synopsis from Tuesday Dec 2, 2008 I believe we had a successful meeting last night, and got to see how the challenge of Agility can be addressed in...
Hi Jon, I'm very disappointed I couldn't make yesterday's meeting. I ran into some production concerns late in the afternoon with my client's application and ...