There is a common expression that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Our Agile Architect shares such a tale.
Our Agile Architect experiments with Delegated Authority. How far do you trust your team to make decisions?
Our Agile Architect shares his blinders and blunders as an agile coach.
Our Agile Architect explains why you should work hard to make yourself obsolete in your job.
There's nothing like a humorous column. And trust me, this is nothing like a humorous column. Our Agile Architect pokes fun at all things agile.
You just found out your company is going Agile. Our Agile Architect offers his top tips on how you can make this transition successfully.
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but simplicity takes hard work to create. Our Agile Architect gives his take on "simple."
In agile, we have the saying "Do the simplest thing possible." Our Agile Architect explains why simple is not so easy.
There is a misconception about Agile that the team is so focused on development that there is no time to think about how to solve complex problems. The reality couldn't be more different.
Finding the right people to work in an agile shop takes just as much energy and enthusiasm as it does to actually work there. Our Agile Architect shares some of his thoughts and techniques for a more-than-the-normal interview.
The Agile Architect explains how to increase productivity significantly while also increasing code quality with a simple process change.
Ritual is a comforting and seductive mistress. But how do you prevent it from holding you back? Our Agile Architect shares his thoughts.
An agile development culture is both precious and fragile. Our Agile Architect points out some warning signs that yours may be breaking down.
In the spirit of the holiday season, our Agile Architect welcomes you into his workspace and shares the ambiance of the agile experience.
Our Agile Architect explains some of the expressions you'll hear in an agile environment.
Quality Assurance is not just about testing a system. The role of QA on an agile team is much greater than that, elevating the QA engineer to a god among men.
We often find ourselves surrounded by barriers, both real and imagined, that prevent us from doing our job. Our Agile Architect explains why it's important to break down these barriers and how agile practices can help.
Measuring business value is a challenge regardless of the methodology you use. Our Agile Architect explains how agile principles and practices can be used to ask the right questions.
Our Agile Architect provides absolutely nothing of value in this column. But you might enjoy reading it anyway.
Our Agile Architect delves deeper into agile story writing by illustrating his own thought processes when evolving stories from concept to final form.