Thoughts

Alexis Monville prefers impact over features #WhoIsagile #WIa058

#Interview with Alexis Monville for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa058) We talked about: - what he learned from the #codereviews of his first boss - Cofinding a web company before the webs had really taken off - Why he prefer to focus on the #impact over the feature he delivers - Working while being in school. - Something I don't know how to do it, and then I work with other people and together... Read more >

Scarlett was doing agile before she knew about agile….

#Interview with Scarlett Sahota  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa057) We talked about: - Ignoring the people when going for an outcome - Not noticing the changes when they are happening. - When you point out things to #teenagers, they might not accept it right now, yet they do hear you. - Little things would stick. - It was #normal, but it was not everyone's normal. - Being the oldest and feeling... Read more >

Doc Norton on swapping between being a practitioner vs being a coach #WhoIsagile #wIa056

#Interview with Doc Norton  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa056) We talked about - Working with a large #toolbox - Not being allowed to quit - Freshman is age 15 - Having a coach that laughs at him - #Crosscountry as a team sport - Comparing the team sport of crosscountry with agile development - #Scaling up the rest of a team - Seeing a team not as #competitors but as a team - Training as a... Read more >

Angie Doyle talks about her work in the board of directors of the agile alliance

#Interview with Angie Doyle  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa055) We talked about - Moving from #Johannesburg to #Hilversum / #Amsterdam - Living near the media hub - Paying for her own studies.. - How being #blamed for a bad system by a bad leader, influenced her #leadership style. She argues very well. - Reading the small letters in #contracts and finding errors. - #Learning a new language is harder when people are older. - Having a big #backlog. - #SayingNo to things she is passionate... Read more >