Why I don’t use real hours for sprint planning
OK, so several of my friends and colleagues pointed me to Mike Cohn’s recent blog post about why he doesn’t use story points for sprint planning. I left a couple of comments on his blog, but I couldn’t...
View ArticleWhat iteration-less agile really means
I’ve written about the idea of an iteration-less process before, and we’ve been using the spirit of the idea at the startup I work at (Cinch) for the past few weeks. The idea is simple, and has two...
View ArticleConference – Lean & Kanban 2009
I will be speaking at the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference which is being held in Miami, Fl in the coming February (18th to 20th). There is a great line-up of speakers, so if you’re at all interested...
View ArticleAdopting lean software development: What is a user story?
I recently got an email from a reader (Dmitry Lobanov) who had some questions about the process stuff I’ve written about here. With his permission, I’ve reproduced the contents of his email and have...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup
Hi folks, I’d like to announce the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup. The first meeting is scheduled for the end of the this month – on the 30th of April. I’m going to present on the topic that...
View ArticleUpdate: Lean & Kanban 2009 Conference
This is a reminder to everyone that this year’s Lean & Kanban Conference is scheduled for the 6th – 8th of May. The venue is the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Check out the...
View ArticleMetrics Driven Product Design
Cross-posted to Zolo Labs. I’ve had some downtime from work recently, and have been working on a side project with a friend. (Isn’t that what vacations are for?) We’re calling it Zolodeck. One of the...
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