Posts Tagged eric ries

10 More Agile Gurus to Follow on Twitter

Posted by David Bland in agile, twitter on July 7, 2010

Twitter LogoA little over a year ago I wrote a rather popular post on how you can use Twitter as your inside track for networking with agile software development mentors.

For those to lazy to read the previous article, the ones I listed were:

Michele Sliger
Esther Derby
Jeff Sutherland
Ron Jeffries
Kent Beck
Ward Cunningham
Mike Cottmeyer
Scrum Alliance
Martin Fowler
David Alfaro

Twitter was somewhat less popular then, but I found that the combination of the pay it forward vibe of the agile community and the open medium of Twitter allowed you to forge online relationships prior to meeting people in person
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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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Known Problem, Unknown Solution

Posted by David Bland in agile, lean on October 14, 2009

I found myself quoting Eric Ries today. It occurred when a VP asked me to compare Waterfall vs. Agile, and to explain when it was appropriate to apply each methodology. In under 10 seconds, I was able to get my point across thanks to the following slide deck: Eric Ries Lean Startup Schematic View Of [...]

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Eric Ries #LeanStartup on Youtube

Posted by David Bland in lean on May 11, 2009

I highly recommend the recent Eric Ries Webinar on Lean Startups. They’ve uploaded it to YouTube, and Eric is now accepting registrations for his Lean Startup Tutorials. (Almost Sold Out!)

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