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Views: Yours, Mine, and Ours

What's Wrong with this Picture? Have you ever read something that bothered you, but couldn't put your finger on exactly why? I found myself in that position after I read George Dinwiddie's recent blog entry about Blocking. Scott Ambler's "blocking" doesn't bother me....

A rose by any other name

I’ve been reading some interesting emails concerning names in an Scrum environment. Backlog in particular seems to generate energy.

Jim Said More

One of the smartest things I did as Interim VP of Engineering for Padcom was let Don talk himself into coming to play with us over the course of several hours overlooking the Puget Sound one weekend morning. Padcom was a small tech company with some unique...

Problem Solving – 2 Year Old Fashion

I recently had the opportunity to observe problem solving at its more pure state. We took our grand-daughters, Jessica (4), and Nikki (2) to the park. For a period of time, they played on a “jungle gym” that looks like