Lean/Agile

Why your project management role is more stressful than it needs to be (and how to change that)

Is the role of a project manager doomed to a forever state of dysfunction and high stress? The short answer: No, it doesn't have to be.

What Your Kanban Board is Missing

Does your Kanban board capture the minimum elements of the Definition of Workflow?

Bitten by Assumptions? Got Analysis Paralysis? Get Agile

How is Agile supposed to help us with the problem of having to make so many weighty assumptions in software development?

Three Things Killing Your Daily Standup

Spotty attendance, time overruns, lack of engagement: Does this sound like your standups? It could be because of these standup killers.

Two Damaging Myths About Scrum and Kanban

Do you have some misinformation about Scrum and Kanban floating around your organization? Let’s take a look at these misconceptions.

There Are No RESTful Urls

Imagine that you're creating a REST API for a product catalog service, and you're building the endpoint to view a product by id. Which...

Are You Cooking Your Pears Correctly? - On Following Agile Recipes

The point of following a recipe isn't to follow a recipe.

Agile Lessons from Martial Arts

Well, as one of my silat teachers says, "The best way to fight more than one guy is to fight one guy at a time."

Is Scrum Better Than Kanban for Product Development?

To understand why anyone would say this, you have to understand the problem that gave rise to it in the first place.