“What is Scrum?” presentation released under Creative Commons.
I’ve been preparing a few webinars recently in order to raise the awareness of Scrum and Agile software development in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The idea is to host a webinar and then release the material under a Creative Commons (CC-By) license for others to use. My first webinar in the series was (appropriately) … Read more
Two observations from attending JAOO in Brisbane
I had the opportunity to attend the JAOO conference in Brisbane the last few days. There were some really interesting talks and a lot of good discussions. I wanted to mention two points that were made at JAOO that have left me thinking, but first let me say a few words about the highlight of … Read more
MBA: Mostly bloody awful
I’ve been listening to this absolutely fantastic pull-no-punches podcast from Australian Broadcasting Corp. about management culture, especially MBA management culture. It’s a wide ranging podcast touching on Taylorism, Outsourcing and the current financial crisis. It’s direct, scathing and totally on the money. If I had to recommend just one podcast this year … then this … Read more
There can be only one Scrum
The idea for this post came from an online discussion that I had regarding types of large scale Scrum. Many of the ideas that were being dicussed had already been debated within the Scrum community and resulted in the concept that “there can be only one Scrum.” Although these ideas have all be talked about … Read more
Technical debt presentation at the Brisbane Scrum Users Group.
Update: I’m releasing the presentation under the Creative Commons (cc) by 3.0 license. This basically means that you can remix, edit or create derivative works of this presentation, provided that you attribute it to me, and the artists whose work (photographs) I’ve used. The license allows you to use it for profit, so you can … Read more