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Last night I spoke at SeaSPIN on the topic “Dollars and Dates Are Killing Agile”. The focus of this talk is how we can speak more like business with the benefit of building organizations that are more supportive of adaptive planning, continuous improvement and team empowerment. If we do not speak the language of the [...]
Last week I did a talk in Lynnwood, WA with the Puget Sound PMI chapter on “Integrating Quality into Project Portfolio Management”. I feel that the slides were the best yet in providing specific indicators and understanding around the troubles with scaling Agile methods and in strategic decision-making at scale. Although stage, phase, or “gated” [...]
On November 1st at 2:00pm ET (11:00am PT) for about 45- to 60-minutes, Gil Broza will have me on as an interview guest on his series “Spot On Business” talking about “Agility for the Long Haul”. You may sign up at http://3pvantage.com/csterling/saveMySeat.php?ver=SC to be part of the conversation. Here is a brief description of the [...]
Today at the Scrum Gathering in Seattle, I held a session on “Managing Software Debt in Practice” where we got into: Using Sonar for trending metrics and spelunking into code quickly Executable Design using Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) Acceptance Test-Driven Development Teams developing towards 1 Product Backlog item at a time rather than design/code/test throughout a [...]
This week, an interview from SearchSoftwareQuality.com with me came out on the book Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change. The interview has 2 parts. The first is a discussion of software debt and the second focuses on addressing software debt. Here are links to the interview: Managing Software Debt Interview with author Chris Sterling [...]
The Agile Triangle, a concept that was discussed by Jim Highsmith in his book Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, describes how teams and organizations can go beyond the traditional Iron Triangle in defining project success criteria. In the Agile Triangle, the traditional project constraints of schedule, cost, and scope are confined to one point [...]
One of the many benefits of Scrum is early identification of roadblocks that could stop a Team from meeting their goals and commitments. At the Daily Scrum meeting, team members typically answer 3 questions: What have you worked on since we last met? What will you be working on until we meet again? What impediments [...]
Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a great 2011. We have a great lineup of training planned, including our CSM and CSPO offerings, AgileEVM training, and some new trainings. New Training Offerings Along with our current training offerings around Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) courses, we will also be [...]
See larger image Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change (Agile Software Development Series) (Hardcover) By (author) Chris Sterling List Price: $49.99 USD New From: $21.11 In Stock Used from: $13.90 In Stock I am quite happy about the book that took much of my time over the past couple years has finally come out. Thank [...]
