Agile Management by David Anderson

Kanban Implementation in Brazil

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

It's official! There are kanban implementations on at least 4 continents now. Alisson Vale has written up [in portugese] his experience implementing kanban at Phidelis in Brazil. This seems like a very complete implementation. Alisson has a physical Read More......(read more)

Blogging again

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Regular subscribers will have noticed that I'm blogging again! :-D Agilemanagement.net has been in transition. We've moved it over to be hosted with the Modus Cooperandi servers and web site. Since, its inception, agilemanagement.net was hosted Read More......(read more)

Retrospectives considered waste when...?

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to return to Dave Laribee's post from the weekend, Introducing Kanban at Xclaim . I'd like to bring your attention to discussion below involving Derik Whittaker, Steven Harman, and Dave concerning retrospectives. For a long time I've Read More......(read more)

Future Directions for Agile (from Agile 2008)

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

My main stage speech from Agile 2008 is available on InfoQ. It a 90 minute video with the powerpoint slides simultaneously displayed. This talk was aimed at the Agile community and pulled no punches about what I see as the failings within the Agile Alliance Read More......(read more)

Is Estimating a Wasteful Practice?

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mike Bria has been following the trend that's emerging in the agile community to stop estimating user stories and adopt a pull based system, Is Estimating a Wasteful Practice? The idea that you don't estimate but focus on a low variability analysis Read More......(read more)

Kanban at Xclaim

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

Overnight, Dave Laribee drove a lot of new traffic to the Kanbandev Yahoo! group with this post about his kanban implementation at Xclaim. Seems Dave has been carefully reading Corey 's posts on implementing kanban. Dave's implementation looks Read More......(read more)

Agile Conference in Sao Paulo

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

I'm giving the key note speech at the Speaking of Agile event in Sao Paulo this October. I'm also giving a 2 day tutorial prior to the event. If you are a follower of agile in Brazil, I hope to see you there. Technorati tag: David+Anderson, Agile Read More......(read more)

Would the real Enterprise 2.0 please standup?

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jim Benson of Modus Cooperandi starts to lay out our vision for the future of the enterprise and management in the 21st Century over at Social Computing Magazine (how quaint). Technorati tag: Jim+Benson, Modus+Cooperandi, Social+Media, Management Read More......(read more)

Kanban Training in Seattle

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

Modus Cooperandi (my firm) will be offering regular kanban training classes starting in September. These classes are open to any participants. Initially, they'll be held locally in Seattle just a few blocks from our office. We're looking to take Read More......(read more)

New Brand Identity

2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

Through the spring, we (at Modus Cooperandi ) have been working with my olf colleague from Microsoft, Kim Tapia-St.Amant and her Interactive Space company to design our new brand identity and web site. We're rolling out the brand identity this week Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: One Week to Go! Register Now

2008-07-10T00:00:00Z

There is only 1 week left before the APLN Agile Leadership Summit : Advancing the Agile Enterprise, at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. We've got a fantastic lineup of speakers and breakout sessions. It's a mini-Agile conference here in the Northwest Read More......(read more)

3rd Annual State of Agile Development Survey

2008-06-17T00:00:00Z

VersionOne are organizing the 3rd annual survey. This has proven to be the best industry survey over the last 2 years. Despite the fact, it is organized by a tools vendor, it's very independent. The quality of the survey relies on each and every one Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Early Bird Rate Expiring

2008-06-15T00:00:00Z

You have 3 days remaining to register for the APLN Agile Leadership Summit in Seattle (July 17-18) and get the $100 earlybird discount. Don't miss out. This is a fantastic event, at a great venue, and is a steal at only $300. Register now and save Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Jeff Beehler Confirmed for Panel

2008-06-13T00:00:00Z

I'm delighted to announce our 3rd panelist for our Agile Leadership Summit , on July 17th and 18th at The Edgewater hotel in Seattle, will be Jeff Beehler who runs the Visual Studio Team System product group at Microsoft. Jeff has experience a team Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Erik Arnold Confirmed for Panel

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

I'm happy to announce that my former colleague Erik Arnold, VP of IT Services (and acting head of IT) for Corbis, has confirmed he will be one of our panelists for the APLN Agile Leadership Summit in Seattle, at the Edgewater Hotel on July 17-18. Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Avanade is our 4th Gold Sponsor

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

Avanade have been a long time supporter of the APLN in Seattle. They sponsor the local chapter meetings and provide us with a venue for our monthly meetings. Dale Christian, CIO, is one of our confirmed panelists. Today, I'm happy to announce that Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: AMS Services will be a Gold Sponsor

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

AMS Services in Bothell, Washington is the latest firm to announce sponsorship for our event. We're delighted to have them involved and I'd like to thank them for their support of the APLN and the agile community in the Seattle area. We're Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: More sponsors announced

2008-06-05T00:00:00Z

SolutionsIQ will be a Gold Sponsor for our event. SolutionsIQ have both Brent Barton and Lance Young taking part running our Scrum track. SolutionsIQ is a long time supporter of the agile community in Seattle. They host the APLN Redmond chapter and co Read More......(read more)

Merrifield in Motion

2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

I want to congratulate my friend Ric Merrifield on the publication of his article, " The Next Revolution in Productivity " in Harvard Business Review this month. This management approach which looks at capabilities rather than process flows Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: VersionOne goes Gold

2008-06-03T00:00:00Z

I'm delighted to announce that VersionOne are the first firm to confirm a Gold level sponsorship for the APLN Summit in Dallas. VersionOne has been a long time supporter of the APLN and we're glad to have their continued support. With VersionOne Read More......(read more)

New User Story Format

2008-05-31T00:00:00Z

After meeting Chris Matts and I at XtC May 13th, Liz Keogh pensions off the "As a <user role>... I want... So that..." format for writing user stories, first proposed in the BDD community by Tim McKinnon. I love Liz's new format.. Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Our unique conference format

2008-05-31T00:00:00Z

Some people have been asking about our very special conference format for the APLN event in Seattle . Register today! Many of our local chapter members are bored with traditional conferences where speakers simply deliver powerpoint slides. Most of those Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: Sponsorship Package released

2008-05-31T00:00:00Z

We released the sponsorship package for the APLN Seattle Leadership Summit yesterday. You can get it here . Our strategy with the conference has been to focus on raising sponsorship and be very professional about it, in order to keep the ticket price Read More......(read more)

Agile In Action

2008-05-31T00:00:00Z

I've been visiting the UK a lot recently - at least once per month. On one of those visits, Steve Freeman, took me out to visit a team at Sky satellite broadcasting being by Simon Baker and Gus Power. They blog at Agile In Action. If you haven't Read More......(read more)

APLN Summit: New Flyer

2008-05-28T00:00:00Z

We now have a PDF advertising flyer for our APLN Leadership Summit in Seattle this coming July. Please help us with registrations by downloading the flyer and circulating it at your employer, or on your web page, or favorite discussion group or online Read More......(read more)