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Becoming Iterationless

By Steve Gamble on July 4, 2011 11:16 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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For our 4.0 release, we experimented with shortening our iteration length and got some mixed interim results.  At the retrospective to discuss our what we wanted to do with these observations for the next release, we talked about the positives, negatives, and related ideas about our ideal iteration length. The results were actually somewhat surprising.
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The Importance of Slack

By Steve Gamble on June 8, 2011 12:56 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Sometimes in a startup environment, the pressure to constantly deliver new features to support existing customers and potential leads can fill your entire working day and then some. However, when the team is fully utilized and committed to feature development, the lack of time can introduce some significant challenges that can only be addressed by slowing down and introducing some slack.
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Book: Management 3.0

By Steve Gamble on June 2, 2011 11:23 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders
by Jurgen Appelo

Summary: A wealth of explanations, techniques, and tips for building and leading agile teams so that you can effectively solve complex and complicated problems in your organization and for your customers

Intended Audience: Agile managers and leaders and those who want these responsibilities
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Book: Made to Stick

By Steve Gamble on May 17, 2011 11:25 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Summary: An investigation into why some ideas stick better than others, with a discussion of six qualities of ideas that can increase their stickiness

Intended Audience: Anyone seeking to influence or advocate their ideas at work, at home, or in the community; those who have seen great ideas fail
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Shortening Our Iteration Length: Results

By Steve Gamble on April 5, 2011 9:38 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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For release 4.0 of V-Commander, the team voted to change our iteration length from 3 weeks to 2 weeks.  There were a number of reasons for running this experiment, including:
  • addressing the slight lull that we experience in week 2
  • reducing the length of planning sessions and having the ability to plan in shorter time frames
  • introducing a change to shake out any issues that are hidden by 3-week iterations

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Book: Predictably Irrational

By Steve Gamble on March 28, 2011 9:35 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Predictably Irrational, Revised And Expanded Edition
by Dan Ariely

Summary: A discussion of the results of a number of surprising experiments from the fields of economics and psychology on how people act and make decisions. This book helps to explain a lot of choices that you see or make in day-to-day life that don't seem to be the right thing to do.

Intended Audience: Of general interest as an accessible introduction to behavioural economics
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