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Prognostications for 2013

January 6, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway

I've never done a beginning year prognostication before.  Not surprising since I joke I am pre-cognitive impaired (i.e., I don't do pre-cognition well).   I admit that much of this is as much wishful thinking as real predictions, but here goes:


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Scaling Scrum - What Works

    
    		    
         	January 5, 2013 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
There was a question on Agile and Lean Software Development Linked in group.  I thought I’d turn my answer into a blog.  Here’s the question:
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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Learning What You Don't Know From a Children's Story

    
    		    
         	December 14, 2012 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
Years ago I read "The Garden" from Arnold Lobel's lovable children's book - Frog and Toad Together.


I always liked the lesson I took from that - that things are not always as hard as they appear.


I decided to read it at the beginning of my talk at Agile Denver's Lean-Agile Transformation - Integrating Systems Thinking into Enterprise Agile With the Lessons of Lean.


Before going on, please read the tale yourself:
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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Make Your Scrum Agile

    
    		    
         	December 1, 2012 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
There is no question Scrum is evolving, improving.  Like all Agile methods/frameworks/… it improves by seeing how well it works and adapting.  There are many practices that weren’t in the original Scrum definition that are now considered good starting practices. These include:
  • Agreeing on what a sprint ready story is
  • Agreeing on a definition of done
  • 1-2 week sprints (instead of the 30 days originally defined)
This blog will give you insights into how to accelerate the effectiveness of your Scrum adoption.
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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There Are Many Ways to Effectiveness: Reflections on the European Lean-IT Summit

    
    		    
         	November 28, 2012 — Posted by Al Shalloway
    
  	

  	  
 
I was at the European Lean-IT Summit in Paris last week.  It was a real pleasure.  The highlight for me was listening to Pierre Masai, Toyota Motor Europe’s CIO.  It’s been said that Toyota doesn’t do Agile in their IT organization.  It’s also been said that’s because they don’t attend to IT too much.  Not sure why I ever believed that.  Monsieur Masai devastated that myth.  In listening to his talk, it was clear that Toyota IT is very effective and not a step-child at all.  True, it may not be Agile, but it’s still effective. 
It was clear that,
  	

  	
      	
    	    

	  	  
        
    

    

    
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