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  • The Importance of Corporate Culture

    From ''Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense'' by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton, Page 78Employee loyalty, engagement, and commitment are important benefits, but not the whole story. In a typical organization, people charged with building and maintaining relationships with others -- such as customers or employees -- work in a ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on September 23, 2007

  • What cards go into Mingle?

    One of the interesting lessons in working with Mingle is figuring out how to measure velocity and track burndown.  I'm on the track, but haven't quite figured it out yet. While working in Mingle, Scott Bellware came and looked at what I was doing. ''What cards are you recording in Mingle?  Are you including task cards?'' ''Yup - ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on August 9, 2007

  • The words we all want to hear...

    ''I think this has been our most successful iteration on this project to date.''While I'd love to claim ALL the responsibility, what I do claim is leading and teaching my team.  Leading them in becoming more effective in the process that they have chosen and are teaching to me.  Leading them in discussion and problem-solving.  ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on August 8, 2007

  • Adding a Card (learning the board)

    Interesting self-referential experience regarding Mingle. The version I'm using has ''expired''.  Since guys on my team installed it in the first place, I asked them to install the latest (release, five free users).  What response would you expect?''I think that deserves a card.''In retrospect, it's obvious.  Anything that requires ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on August 6, 2007

  • Agile Project Management with Mingle

    Since Bret Pettichord has a connection to ThoughtWorks, we got an early look at their new agile project management tool, Mingle.  Being a lover of tools that (hopefully) make my life easier and/or provide greater richness in my environment, I leapt in with both feet. Mingle ships with several different PM templates: XP, Scrum, and XP/Scrum ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on August 6, 2007

  • Learning to be Agile

    I'm currently reading Agile Project Management by Jim Highsmith.Lean ThinkingMany of the ideas of the agile movement first arose within lean manufacturing, which began in the automotive industry in Japan in the 1980s. One of the fundamental tenets of lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste; that is, any activity that doesn't ...
    Posted to Steven "Doc" List, Agile Novice (Weblog) by slist on July 24, 2007