Yow Sydney 2015

YOW! Sydney kicks off on December 10th with it’s usual line-up of top speakers and cutting-edge topics. It’s looking unlikely that I’ll be able to make it this year, which is a real shame because I would have loved to attend the session by Dan North, the originator of behavior-driven development (BDD). sydney.yowconference.com.au

Reminder: Agile Tour Sydney November 19th

Just a reminder that the annual Agile tour is on again in Sydney on November 19th.  It’s a great opportunity to learn and to mix with fellow Agile-ists. http://at2015.agiletour.org/sydney.html

Agile Australia 2016 dates announced

Agile Australia 2016 will take place in Melbourne from June 20-June 21st at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Tickets are not yet on sale but the call for speakers has opened.

Want to become agile? Learn from your IT team

IT teams have spent decades adjusting to the rapid evolution of hardware and software. Here’s how to benefit from that experience. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/want_to_become_agile_learn_from_your_it_team

Free Book: Scrum and XP from the Trenches – 2nd Edition

The tricky part to agile software development is that there is no manual telling you exactly how to do it. You have to experiment and continuously adapt the process until it suits your specific situation. This book aims to give you a head start by providing a detailed down-to-earth account of how one Swedish company […]

The Agile Coach (Atlassian)

Most people in the software industry have heard of Atlassian, the amazing Australian start-up success story, and their products Jira, Confluence etc. What many aren’t aware of is that the Atlassian web site contains a section called The Agile Coach which is full of great articles based on how Atlassian has used Agile to great […]

The Top 20 Most Influential Agile People

We have used a combination of statistics from a number of different sites, Amazon Book Sales (US, UK & EU), the top 200 Agile blogs, Google insight and trend information, Klout data, Twitter numbers and rankings, the top 100 Agile books (which measures reader’s scores), and combined that with a final editorial decision to produce […]

The Chicken and the Pig – which one are you?

Recently I was having a meeting and a number of the participants really had little to do with the project or its outcomes.  I was reminded of the classic Chicken and Pig joke.  If you’re familiar with Ken Schwaber‘s Scrum training then you’ve probably heard or, or seen this, before.  If not then I hope that you get a […]