mcLEAN Practically Agile

Are we Agile - Indecision

mcLEAN — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:31:32 +0100

The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Indecision.

Are we Agile - Detailed Specifications

mcLEAN — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:22:48 +0100

The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Detailed Specification.

Are we Agile - Vague Requirements

mcLEAN — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:50:43 +0100

The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Vague Requirements.

The Adobe Business Group UK Next Meeting Tuesday 21st April

mcLEAN — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:56:19 +0100

Location: The Sway Bar 61-65 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5BZ

Making Things Happen - a review by Ricardo Mestre

mcLEAN — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:33:59 +0100

I've just finished to read the best Project Management book since Mike Cohn's "Agile Estimating and Planning" ..."Making Things Happen"

CFML is the skill you need in your software development team

mcLEAN — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:44:36 +0100

For me this illustrates that the business community needs to take a closer look at CFML and other Adobe products to see where they can reap its benefits. What I want to see is more conversation about the benefits to business of CFML on top of the marvellous benefits to the development community.

Are you huamn? Raed on.

Steve James — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:52:54 +0100

Studies from clever people have proven we don’t actually read online, we scan.

Matrix V Terminator - The fight of the airwaves

Steve James — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:48:43 +0000

One of my customers has a compelling enough product for me to debut a post here.

New Author for McLEAN Practically Agile

mcLEAN — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:30:35 +0000

Come on Steve get your finger out!

What's the difference between Iterative and Incremental Development?

mcLEAN — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:25:04 +0000

there are many teams who would say they run iterations or sprints when in fact they are running increments or phases and therefore missing out on the real benefit of iterations or sprints

Heavy Snow fall in the UK demands Adaptive Planning

mcLEAN — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:32:36 +0000

More often than not the management is doing everything it can to adapt to changing circumstances but they cannot make that effective without the full support of the team, and the team isn't going to offer its support if they are disenfranchised by the management's apparent incompetence. Tricky!

Planning Poker with One Programmer

mcLEAN — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:52:12 +0000

You certainly will find it challenging to make use of the convergence and consensus aspect of estimating this way if it’s just you all on your lonesome – however you can still use the sequence that is on the cards

UK ColdFusion Business Group

mcLEAN — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:33:19 +0000

I have been involved in setting up a new forum called the UK ColdFusion Business Group with Claude Englebert of Adobe. The group is business focused and not concerned with technical aspects of the platform - the idea is to promote the benefits of ColdFusion in an Agile environment and indeed in generating an agile environment.

Motivated Developers - what about the paying customer?

mcLEAN — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:20:26 +0000

There is not one single mention of the Customer. Its a shame but I assume this is because developers generally don't have a relationship with the customer

Agile Human, Agile Life

mcLEAN — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:26:40 +0000

Its not just the human that is agile – all of life is agile – capable even of adapting to the catastrophic change brought about by the KT boundary event that rid us of the dinosaurs.

I think I'm also a little "Disappointed with Agile 2009 Program"

mcLEAN — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:15:13 +0000

I'm based in the UK and unlikely to attend unless I see something that really motivates me to argue with the boss to pay for the jaunt rather than visit one of my clients in the Middle East or Africa.

Agile Evangelism

mcLEAN — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:27:35 +0000

These days I only suggest reading the book to people who come to me and express a particular interest in the subject.

Agile Metrics Report

mcLEAN — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:51:20 +0000

The report is called "As Agile Goes Mainstream It’s Time for Metrics"

New PJ Media Website Launch

mcLEAN — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:49:23 +0000

PJ Media is owned by Peter Jones and is dedicated to delivering high quality, valuable new media software with an agile approach

Mike Cohn is writing a new book

mcLEAN — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:01:36 +0000

Mike Cohn is wrting a new book and is seeking feedback from the agile community on the first draft of the first chapter

Boundaries in the agile software development process

mcLEAN — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:31:21 +0100

I hope this helps to convey that boundaries and structure do exist in the agile process. In order for it to work properly agile needs to be just as disciplined as any other software development process so as for those who feel “agile is a bit to ad-hoc” or “a bit too loose” – maybe they don’t understand it well enough.

Agile Book Review

mcLEAN — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:37:17 +0100

People who are new to Agile often ask "what's a good agile book to get started?" It's a question that comes up all the time on blogs and forums. I think an Agile Book Review dedicated resource is what's needed.

Concentric Cycles in Agile

mcLEAN — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:04:54 +0100

...the word concentric assits the concept that all the processes in agile "have a common center" - that being quality and delivery...

Planning Poker stalemate

mcLEAN — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:52:02 +0100

A problem that can often occur in planning poker is a stalemate situation - i.e. the same cards are played by each player for more than one round without a consensus being reached

Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn

mcLEAN — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:41:08 +0100

If you're involved in planning and managing software development read this book and it will alter your mind.

Java for ColdFusion Developers - Eben Hewitt

mcLEAN — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:11:15 +0100

so rare and in such high demand - you'll be lucky to get it for less than £70. The sign of a very, very good book I'd say

Effective use of the ? Card in Planning Poker

mcLEAN — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:47:39 +0100

If anyone plays a ? card this should be taken as an indication that they have something important to say and therefore should be given the floor first in that round...

Calling all Self Organising Teams - state your intentions please!

mcLEAN — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:13:03 +0100

As part of what ever self organising means - and I accept that it’s widely debated - surely a team would be expected to provide some statement relating to its function that allows its co-operatives to have confidence in it.

Card Conversation Confirmation - How to add a Confirmation note

mcLEAN — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:38:44 +0100

Once a User Story has been added its possible to start entering Confirmation notes immediately

Card Conversation Confirmation - How to add a Conversation note

mcLEAN — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:21:47 +0100

Once a User Story has been added its possible to start entering Conversation notes immediately