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I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's a great event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
agile
I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's an interesting event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
agile
I've started reading Brian Roberton's book Holacracy, which talks about an organizational management approach focused around self-organization and protected autonomy. It's an interesting attack on the base assumption that we should build companies in the traditional, top-down approach where a CEO directs leaders who
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Ken Schwaber's book on Scrum, which falls under the Agile umbrella of methodologies, is a great introduction to Scrum, and I love the mini case studies (1-2 pages) he puts in the book to make the concepts more accessible. Here's how I'd summarize Ken&
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Below is a recent post from: http://www.halfaker.com/cto-mike-king-discusses-the-agile-framework A Focused and Collaborative Approach Produces Powerful Results for Clients: CTO, Mike King, Discusses the Agile Framework November 01, 2012 As Halfaker and Associates Chief Technology Officer, Mike King’s business growth leadership has focused on delivering tailored technologies
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I was in Chicago last week for CodeAcademy's (.org, not .com) demo day, and I was blown away. CodeAcademy is an intense, 12-week program that teaches web application (Ruby on Rails) and web design skills to people with a wide variety of backgrounds (including many without a technical
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This weekend I experienced the intensity that was Lean Startup Machine DC (#LSMDC). I went with without lots of expectations -- I haven't read The Lean Startup book, I haven't been to any similar events, and I didn't know anyone who had. It turned
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Time management is always tough, and lots of people have written some great things on the topic, such as David Allen's Getting Things Done. A connection I made recently that I found fascinating was the intersection of agile software development practices (Ken Schwaber's books Agile Project