Since I've been back at TWM and getting involved in the day to day operations again, and I'm back on task to formalize our procedures…
Any organization who wants to survive needs to realize that they need to implement some level of Continuous Improvement. This is a concept…
We as an industry forgot this for a long time, and I am proud to be part of the movement to bring it back. I hear all the time from people…
Those that know me know that I'm not afraid of change. I'm a big proponent of "strong opinions loosely held". When something makes sense…
This weekend I attended a "hackathon" and was surrounded by folks who didn't really understand the word hacker. They struggled to get…
I see a lot of misunderstanding around doing code kata in the work that I do. Just this week, I had a conversation with my apprentice about…
I've been coaching other teams for over a year now (I spent 15 years coaching my own teams), but I still have a small software development…
Our friends who live down the road from us, always have such a beautiful garden and take amazing care of their animals. The way they've…
I started wearing glasses a few years ago, entering in to that cycle of a new prescription every few years to renew my focus. Thinking about…
The Past Software development today is very different than 10 years ago, and worlds apart from what it was 20 years ago. 20 years ago, we…
What’s your job title? What does it say about you? What doesn’t it say about you? We are human beings, doing what we can with the tools we…
This past weekend, I took part in the PTBOGameJam03 event in Peterborough, Ontario, an event that has steadily grown since August 2016. In…
I drew this picture to illustrate a few ideas, and it’s long overdue for an explanation beyond the few folks at whom I’ve stood in front of…
When I facilitate a kata session with a group of developers, sometimes I like to mix it up a little. If the room feels like it’s getting a…
This is my fall-back group format when facilitating kata. Timeframe: 60m total - 45-50m exercise, 10-15m retrospective Group Size: 6-1…
When disciplines in software development are so segregated, those outside a discipline may think only of the final result. Developers type…
When disciplines in software development are so segregated, those outside a discipline may think only of the final result. Developers type…
In an agile organization, our primary concern is the flow of value - "concept to cash" as we've heard from the DevOps and Continuous…
I sat in a meeting yesterday that was probably the best illustration of conflict between business models and systems models that Ive seen…
Gen AI in Software Development, Not Coding 1 I feel like I want to do a "stop talking about Gen AI generating code" series. Maybe I'll just…
I was talking with a colleague today about how GenAI is rewriting all our playbooks. Not just the technical ones—the organizational ones too…