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It's Not Simple to Keep It Simple

February 15, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway

I often hear about the need to keep it simple.  However, people often talk about “simple” as if “simple” were simple. I would suggest “keeping it simple” is more complicated than many people perceive.


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Why Do We Put Bugs in Our Code?

    
    		    
         	February 1, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.  – Mark Twain
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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One Size Doesn't Fit All, But Perhaps One Mindset Does

    
    		    
         	January 27, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
I keep hearing people discussing whether they should do Kanban or do Scrum as if one might be inherently better than the other.  While, I do believe comparing and contrasting the mindsets of the two promotes good learning, the question is often asked in comparing the practices of the two.  Comparing practices without understanding the differences in mindset is not necessarily going to lead to great results.  Two of the common mindsets in the Agile space today are classic Scrum and Lean (Kanban fits within the Lean mindset).
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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Quick Thought: What To Do When One Person Says There's Value and Another Says There Isn't

    
    		    
         	January 23, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
This blog in 2 sentences: You can't disprove an hypothesis with another hypothesis - you must provide evidence.  Unless you are a taxi driver, a bartender or a barber, you don't have a right to an opinion about a process you've not used (the three aforementioned folks are entitled to opinions about everything).


I have been using leading edge Lean-Agile methods (they were at the time anyway) for 14+ years: XP, Scrum, Lean, Lean-Agile, Kanban, ATDD, TDD, emergent design, ...
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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Complexity, Causality and Why Keeping It Simple May Keep You Stupid

    
    		    
         	January 13, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
Many in the Scrum community take an attitude of starting with as simple a framework as possible. While I agree having too much process can be bad, having too little can be just as damaging.  As Einstein once said – "Make things as simple as possible but not simpler."  Making things simpler than they should be makes things simplistic.
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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