Doug Shimp – Agile Scrum Coach

make it visible, no head works alone, favor kindergarden…

VersionOne was kind enough to invite me as a presenter to a small conference event in Austin on December 7th 2009. The Austine keynote went well and I was lucky enough to be ranked as the best presenter at the event. There were 90+ people in attendance and 78 people filled in an evaluation.

Kanban for software development is a newer kid on the block, at least in the US. Besides being just another word like Scrum that is not commonly understood in the English language, how does it stack up? Both Kanban and Scrum align with the well with the value system described in the Agile Manifesto. And they make an interesting pair.

The demand is applied such that we get feedback. That feedback has a sensitivity that can be adjusted or tuned like a dial. The dial for agile/scrum teams is easily seen in the form of a story (Chunk of Work) level and can go up to the thickness of a project/product. If the demand goes unfulfilled…

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Building two ideas that are near to my heart. Hard Times University and Scrum Topics

Generally, building the right thing is easy if we know what the right thing is. Innovation games are serious tools for determining what the right product should be.

You don’t have to be an expert to contribute something at IDSGE. Skills you bring may include: interaction design, product management, group facilitation, game design, usability evaluation, play testing, and a sense of fun.

There are an increased number of posts about agile adoption not working out for some folks in larger companies. As the numbers of scrum / agile implemenations sky roket so too will the number of stories where agile is not succeeding.