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I may be tech illiterate but it seems to me that i...

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis Mcdonald) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:51:55 +0000

I may be tech illiterate but it seems to me that in a business environment I don't want social platforms where email is today. with in-boxes swamped with irrelevancies, people wanting to cover themselves copying every man/woman and their dogs and essentially one to many to one conversations that lose context. I want real time collaboration where context is explicit (and up to date), where we work on the current status of an issue or project and don't have to worry about version control and where accountability becomes a team thing.

As a project manager i trust Scrum more than PMP. However , it also depends on the kind of project, kind of people you are working with etc.

Just to inform you that there now is a complete on...

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Segerink) — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:49:49 +0000

Just to inform you that there now is a complete online version of bCisive, see https://www.bcisiveonline.com

This is what Google's app specific passwords a...

noreply@blogger.com (mattmc3) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:55:42 +0000

This is what Google's app specific passwords are for. Does this work: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185833

Great picture, bad choice of words. The top two ar...

noreply@blogger.com (nev) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Great picture, bad choice of words. The top two are typically called "semantics" and "pragmatics" in NLP, searching for these would get lots of prior art.

Great Article Angus. Once understood it sounds si...

noreply@blogger.com (Bora) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:32:33 +0000

Great Article Angus.
Once understood it sounds simple, but getting to it is always the difficulty ;)

Thanks,
Bora

This is what Apple has been saying since 2007, whe...

noreply@blogger.com (Neil) — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:59:20 +0000

This is what Apple has been saying since 2007, when they released the original iPhone. Unfortunately the rest of the world seemed to disagree and put great pressure on them to release a native SDK, which they eventually did. iOS still has the best mobile browser implementation in the world, too -- iOS 4.3 included a major overhaul to the Javascript engine and Mobile Safari includes the best support for new mobile APIs.

More than welcome guys, glad someone has found it ...

noreply@blogger.com (Falkayn) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:57:13 +0000

More than welcome guys, glad someone has found it useful!

I echo what Michael said--I spent a lot of time tr...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:27:52 +0000

I echo what Michael said--I spent a lot of time trying to get ruby and watir to run on XP, and your tutorial was the only one that worked for me.

Thanks.

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noreply@blogger.com (Laura Wilson) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:55:43 +0000

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Great summary!

noreply@blogger.com (5x1llz) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:45:35 +0000

Great summary!

Great pics! You remind me, when I've been in E...

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:10:07 +0000

Great pics!
You remind me, when I've been in Ecuador, to the Galapagos tourist class yachts... there I met my actual husband :)
Thanks for sharing and bringing those memoreies back to my mind!

I think that organisations come to Agile because t...

noreply@blogger.com (Peter M) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:36:38 +0000

I think that organisations come to Agile because they are desperate for improvement. They think the problem is to do with poor software delivery, but I believe the problem is poor requirements (or if you prefer poor 'user stories'). Which suggests that Scrum/XP solves the wrong problem. There is no real issue with talented developers delivering code. The problem is the business being unable to state what they want clearly. Scrum/XP skirts around the issue of user story management. I think where we go from here is we split into an Agile Requirements practice (ARP) and an Agile Delivery practice (ADP). ADP works well. ARP doesn't. Jacobson's view of the essential issues of concern in software engineering echos this approach. i.e. requirements don't belong in delivery, rather requirements are a formal input to delivery. http://www.ivarjacobson.com/process_improvement_technology/essential_unified_process_software/

I'm a BA working on ideas for making stories better by the time they get to the Sprint planning meeting so planning poker can be done with enough information to have confidence. I do this using a requirements pattern language I've been using it since 2003 and it works well. The pattern language works for transactionally-oriented database applications and includes patterns for driving out common personas, minimal persistant representation, data maintenance, lifecycle class, and management information.
The application of the pattern language ensures the upfront requirements work does not take longer than it should. A first cut of the requirements hierarchy tree is always available within a week. The whole set of ‘conversations’ around each candidate user story is almost always done within five weeks – then the sprint planning meeting can start, and it is guaranteed to be short and sweet.
The implementable story hierarchy has project stories at the top. These are akin to ‘Jacobian’ use cases in that they represent the achievement of the user/actor/persona goal. They are the top level of the requirements ‘tree’ and act as the basis of the requirements table of contents. The project stories decompose into release and iteration stories. The entire hierarchy can be traced back to all the business inputs from interviews and workshops. The approach introduces a new definition of ‘epic’ to no longer mean ‘a big story’ (not that helpful) to a more interesting definition that includes:
• Enterprise stories
• Back stories
• Project stories and tests
• Release stories and tests
• Iteration stories and tests
• Constraints
• Implementation tales
• Non-functional requirements
The definition of ‘epic’ shows how all these elements fit together and is supported by graphics and spreadsheets. This approach is really useful early in the project lifecycle. It can be applied during feasibility, and in ‘ideas management’ where management has to decide which projects to fund in the first place.

I'm interested in:
• how to bring the PMO onboard
• how to reconcile the need for 'governance' with Agile
• how to give senior management confidence
• what to do when the customer isn't full time available
• reconciling enterprise stories, project stories, release stories, iteration stories, constraints, acceptance criteria etc. into a big picture
• how upfront requirements/stories can still be Agile (keep it simple, but no simpler than it needs to be)
• a synthesis of Agile modeling and the best lightweight aspects of UML

I'm blogging at masterstoryteller.co.uk. I also write at princelite.co.uk.

thanks Peter

As an aside, the NY Times has a great interview wi...

noreply@blogger.com (Falkayn) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:09:51 +0000

As an aside, the NY Times has a great interview with Cristóbal Conde, president and CEO of SunGard where he looks at how they have addressed these issues.

Well worth reading, and clearly they use Enterprise 2.0 tools to enable their work.

Blogs are so informative where we get lots of info...

noreply@blogger.com (marry) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:27:26 +0000

Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!
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noreply@blogger.com (Laptopaid) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:33:25 +0000

i looked everywhere in my town and no one had a leather professional laptop bag. it sucked!!

Hi Angus, great post. Nice to see the changes so c...

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:51:54 +0000

Hi Angus, great post. Nice to see the changes so clearly articulated. The change has been positive and surely indicative of an organising reaching a deeper level of technical maturity. Well done!

Thanks for the mention. If you use it we'd lov...

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Dempsey) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:29:24 +0000

Thanks for the mention. If you use it we'd love your feedback on how we can make it better.

Thanks for the encouragement Robert. I checked yo...

noreply@blogger.com (Falkayn) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:09:43 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement Robert.

I checked your website out and Scrum'd looks interesting!

Thanks for this great post Angus, sharing your exp...

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Dempsey) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:07:36 +0000

Thanks for this great post Angus, sharing your experience with implementing Agile. It's good to see that it was recognized that Agile methods might be a great fit for some but not all areas of the company, but that Agile principles (transparency, flexibility, client involvement) can still work and be applied.

Nice post Angus, very real.

noreply@blogger.com (Mark (bwired)) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:10 +0000

Nice post Angus, very real.

I find your analogy interesting. There have been s...

noreply@blogger.com (Selina Joney) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:41:46 +0000

I find your analogy interesting. There have been several opinions in the last decade on whether developing software is an art or science - and there are varying views on the same. This is one good way of looking at it - as you said, it may not guarantee success - but atleast it sets realistic expectations!

I wasted my time beginning to create an expense tr...

noreply@blogger.com (Michael A. Smith) — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:36:00 +0000

I wasted my time beginning to create an expense tracking database and front-end. Oh, those were the days...

Falkayn's Nest

I may be tech illiterate but it seems to me that i...

As a project manager i trust Scrum more than PMP. However , it also depends on the kind of project, kind of people you are working with etc.

Just to inform you that there now is a complete on...

This is what Google's app specific passwords a...

See also this similar diagram on Insightful Learni...

Great picture, bad choice of words. The top two ar...

Great Article Angus. Once understood it sounds si...

This is what Apple has been saying since 2007, whe...

More than welcome guys, glad someone has found it ...

I echo what Michael said--I spent a lot of time tr...

Really Nice and Interesting Blog Post! we can shar...

nice post. Thanks, Visit me at http://programming...

Great summary!

Great pics! You remind me, when I've been in E...

I think that organisations come to Agile because t...

As an aside, the NY Times has a great interview wi...

Blogs are so informative where we get lots of info...

i looked everywhere in my town and no one had a le...

Hi Angus, great post. Nice to see the changes so c...

Thanks for the mention. If you use it we'd lov...

Thanks for the encouragement Robert. I checked yo...

Thanks for this great post Angus, sharing your exp...

Nice post Angus, very real.

I find your analogy interesting. There have been s...

I wasted my time beginning to create an expense tr...