The Rubber Chicken and other ways to get Agile meetings started on time
In a typical Agile or Scrum environment if there’s one thing that reduces productivity and efficiency, its people being late for meetings…
LAST Conference 2016 (Sydney) – only 16 places left
A quick heads up that the Sydney LAST Conference is on next Monday (July 25th) and there are only 16 tickets left!
LAST stands for Lean..
Agile and The Black Swan
The Black Swan concept is based on an ancient saying which presumed black swans did not exist. People mistakenly thought that the fact tha..
Highlights from Scrum Australia 2016
Scrum Australia 2016 was a fantastic event.
Hats off to the organizing committee for running the event in such a professional manner.
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Inaugural Sydney Agile Coach meetup
A quick heads-up that an exciting new Agile meetup is starting next week in Sydney.
The inaugural Sydney Agile Coach Meetup is taking p..
What is the difference between Risks and Issues?
In traditional world of Project Management, many of us have used a RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions) log, or some variation ..
Martin Fowler coming to Australia in March
A quick heads up that Martin Fowler is coming to Australia in March to talk at YOW! Nights in Sydney (8th) and Melbourne (29th).
Martin..
The Project Manager – conductor or one-man band?
There are many different metaphors used to describe Project Managers. So many in fact that you may have cause to ask What the Hell is proj..
Scrum Maturity Model presentation in Sydney on Wednesday 27 January.
A quick heads-up that James Cowden is giving a presentation next Wednesday night in Sydney on the Scrum Maturity Model (SMM).
This ..
Eliminate wastage from you stand-ups
One of the key concepts behind Lean and Kanban is to eliminate wastage. You can apply this wastage elimination to all the processes within..