Articles

14 de November, 2013

Go Sell!

I constantly interact with startups. With some, it’s a one-off conversation — after a talk I give or during a mentoring session in an acceleration program […]
10 de June, 2008

Top 10 Agile Team Management Practices

Mike Griffiths from Leading Answers just wrote an interesting post where he explains the top 10 team practices for managing an agile team: Empower them Listen […]
1 de June, 2008

What’s the ideal sprint length? Part II

I already talked about this issue previously, but I recently read a post about the same topic at InfoQ that brings more insights to the question: […]
27 de May, 2008

Being a PM is an exercise of leadership

In a recent post at schmula, the author mentions: Gary Convis was recently brought in to be the CEO of Dana Corporation (DAN), an $8.7 Billion […]
26 de April, 2008

What changes for a manager in a team moving into agile?

In a traditional environment, a technical team manager is responsible for prioritization, task distribution and progress control, among other non-technical responsibilities such as people management, new […]
13 de April, 2008

What's the ideal sprint length?

That’s a tough question. You will be able to find sprint length recommendations ranging from 1 week to 2 months. The ideal length depends on: Overall […]
26 de February, 2008

Agile and large teams

Team size is a concern in agile methodologies. Many articles about this topic recommend a team no greater than 9 people. Amazon uses an interesting concept […]