Bas Vodde – “An Agile Fireside Story”
Bas Vodde, co-creator of the LeSS (Large Scale Scrum), gave a great talk last night at the Agile@Scale group in Sydney last night. Bas Vodde is a coach, programmer, trainer, and author related to modern agile and lean product development. He is the creator of the LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) framework for scaling agile development. He is the author of Large-Scale […]
Adventures of Agile Adoption in Australia – Speakers Panel Discussion
End of year get-together featuring an impressive line-up of speakers: • Peter Merel – Agile : The Next Generation • Matt Sharpe – Global Views Towards Scrum Implementation • Rowan Bunning – Agile Risk Management • Shane Williamson – Lean Product Management • John Smart – Behaviour Driven Development & 3 Amigos • TJ Gokcen – Keep Calm and Use Kanban • Dave Bales […]
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 […]
Martin Fowler on Agile
Getting started with BPMN
The BPM Resource Centre has some pretty good tutorials for getting started with BPMN. For those who really want to produce top quality BMPN diagrams, I highly recommend BPMN Method and Style by Bruce Silver . Don’t be put off by the second part of the book, the first half is excellent.