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@MLCarey321: Tell Me Why, not How
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Tell Me Why, not How. If you're familiar with the concept of User Stories then you've likely been exposed to the concept of a User Story "script". One of the most common scripts goes something like:. As a who I want what So that why. Looks simple enough, right? As a who I want how So that what. Let's look at an example. Old Habits Die Hard. Model for user stories will recognize that this violates the "N" - Negotiable.
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@MLCarey321: Is Agile Skub?
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Wednesday, September 3, 2014. On a long wall at work, there's a glass board (probably 40 feet or so wide) on which our CIO will ask questions and anyone passing by can answer using dry erase markers. The question most recently posed is something to the effect of "What are you doing to be more Agile? I found it interesting that somebody wrote "Pro Skub" on one end of the board and "Anti Skub" at the other end. What is Skub, you ask? Along with compl...
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@MLCarey321: The HiPPO vs. The Dude - The Eternal Prioritization Battle
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The HiPPO vs. The Dude - The Eternal Prioritization Battle. If you didn't already know, I'm a huge fan of David Hussman's. Which states that "Value = Why? I've used this concept both in coaching in general (as it was intended), as well as a fun and easy way to execute Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritization. How does one respond to the HiPPO? With the immortal words of The Dude, of course! The HiPPO vs. The Dude.
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@MLCarey321: "I Like that Old Time Rock 'n Roll"
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Monday, September 8, 2014. I Like that Old Time Rock 'n Roll". I'm am constantly amazed with the power of first impressions. As much as we may try to avoid it, the initial impressions we get when we're first introduced to a person, place, or idea tend to stick with us for the rest of our lives. This sentiment is embodied in the classic Bob Segal hit, "Old Time Rock and Roll". The song starts with its thesis:. Do it" ( AgileManifesto.org. I know, I ...
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@MLCarey321: The Socratic Coaching Approach
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Friday, December 12, 2014. The Socratic Coaching Approach. The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates. I recently read " The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. By Eliyahu M. Goldratt. For those of you unfamiliar with this masterful work, it is the book that introduced the Theory of Constraints and was a primary predecessor of " The Phoenix Project. When we finish Coding?
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@MLCarey321: Introspective: Conversation Framework
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. We're all just faking it and hoping everything works out. What's in a Number? Of Open Agile Adoption fame and Valerie Santillo. The question then becomes: can you have a learning conversation and reach some sort of consensus as a team without an estimate to trigger that the consensus has been reached? Meetings, or Games? This consensus-driving conversation framework in the context of gamification. Estimation as a Game.
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@MLCarey321: Life after your First Agile Project
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Monday, June 8, 2015. Life after your First Agile Project. This blog post is adapted from a workshop/presentation I recently led at the May NWA PMI Professional Development Day. So, you just finished your first Agile project in a Waterfall organization. Now what? But I wasn’t there, so what will you do? What might you have missed? Keep the Scrum Team. Not only did you have success with the team, the team became a family. You are now a high-perf...
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@MLCarey321: May 2015
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The HiPPO vs. The Dude - The Eternal Prioritization Battle. If you didn't already know, I'm a huge fan of David Hussman's. Which states that "Value = Why? I've used this concept both in coaching in general (as it was intended), as well as a fun and easy way to execute Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritization. How does one respond to the HiPPO? With the immortal words of The Dude, of course! The HiPPO vs. The Dude.
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@MLCarey321: Revisiting Normalized Story Points
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Friday, February 27, 2015. Revisiting Normalized Story Points. It has been just over 18 months since I published my most popular blog post to-date: "Normalized Story Points". As of this writing, it has received over 5,400 page views, thanks primarily to the reference it has from Dean Leffingwell. S blog post from ScaledAgileFramework.com. Entitled "More on Normalizing Story Point Estimating". Know Why You Want Them. Off the Program Backlog. Don't u...
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@MLCarey321: Normalized Story Points
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The thoughts and experiences of Mike Carey, Agile Coach. Friday, August 2, 2013. UPDATE: 18 months later, I've reflected back on this topic in my post "Revisiting Normalized Story Points". I was recently involved in a discussion on LinkedIn. On the topic of Normalized Story Points and whether or not it was a good idea. What I noticed was that, despite what I think is a very clear explanation by the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). And active Release Train Engineer. First, how do we normalize Story Points?
