I’m Speaking at Agile2010

Posted by David Bland in agile2010, announcements, speaking engagements on April 2, 2010

I’m both humbled and excited to be presenting at this year’s annual Agile Conference in Nashville, TN. I fully appreciate this opportunity, especially since over 900 proposals were submitted this year! Below is a snapshot of my 60 minute talk for the Agile Adoption Stage: Distributed ScrumMasters & The Art of Digital Facilitation Level: Introductory [...]

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Agile2010 Reviews

Posted by David Bland in agile2010 on April 1, 2010

As I write this, acceptance letters for Agile2010 proposals are still being distributed. For those of you unaware of the schedule, James Newkirk has published it on the official site: March 3rd – March 26th Review Submissions and Choose Sessions March 29th – April 11th Notifications will be sent to all submitters. The sessions that [...]

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Top 5 Build Failure Sounds

Posted by David Bland in agile, humor, tools on March 25, 2010

I find continuous integration tools essential to Agile software development. One click CI software helps us seamlessly pair collective code ownership with frequent deployments. Yet as we all know there will come a time when the build fails, and we all must be held accountable. I’m not one to punish individual team members that trigger [...]

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The Evolution of Done

Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, scrum on March 11, 2010

Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of done as it relates to iterative software development. It comes in many flavors, from working lines of code to acceptance criteria, and can change from tasks to features to releases. While I agree as a community we should continually grow the definition of done, only [...]

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Everyone Has a Voice in Retrospectives

Posted by David Bland in agile, retrospectives on March 1, 2010

It can be difficult to get team members to be vocal in retrospectives. I’m always wary of the stronger personalities controlling the conversation, and I’ve found that going around the room calling people out by name can have mixed results. After reading a recent article on effective retrospective formats, I decided to write my experience [...]

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