What do improvisational comedy, blues jams and pickup backetball have in common? Collaboration!. [More]

Just a quick note to let people know that I changed employers and have not had a chance to update my resume and such. As of today, I work for Ciber, Inc.  

I introduce the concept of an “As-Built Design Document” in all of my team training sessions as an optional practice. It does not take much time and is a good vehicle for solidifying much of the knowledge gained during each sprint.. [More]

You may think that you don't have enough time to unit test, but don't be so sure.. [More]

Does an agile project avoid documentation? I don’t think so. They are just more practical about which kinds are needed, what forms are more useful and which are not adding to the value of the work.. [More]

An outline of ways to improve your skills as an agile coach.. [More]

At the wonderful Agile Coach Camp in Ann Arbor this weekend, I was introduced to Twitter. I have previously dismissed it as an idle pursuit for people with nothing else to do and therefore an infinite regression of banality. Several people claimed otherwise and encouraged us all to try it as a wa... [More]

Last year I participated in a working group to develop the first version of the Certified Scrum Coach program at the Scrum Alliance. Early on, we wanted to identify the characteristics of a successful agile coach. Note that we purposely widened the scope beyond just Scrum and team coaching since n... [More]

I recently fell into a black hole. I was creating a demonstration for Cruise Control. When I got to the part about running FitNesse tests via ant, I got all wrapped around the axle with java classpaths. I don't know about you, but classpaths are my nemesis. It took me a long time to get it rig... [More]

Last week I was doing a training session in Melbourne, Australia. I had an especially energetic and interested group of people to work with. In basic agile training, a 1.5 day workshop, I introduced Test Driven Development very briefly, cutting it short because we were going to spend the whole next ... [More]