Monthly Archives: July 2008

Distributed Cognition, marrying GTD with Agile Collaboration tools

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Ed

This article by Francis Heylighen and Clément Vidal points out an interesting opportunity to leverage the concepts of external cognition tools like David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology to assist in the working world for a collaborative environment that supports … Continue reading →

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Use Parallel tracks for user experience work

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Ed

At the APLN Leadership Summit I was fortunate enough to attend a track led by Arlen Bankston and Jeff Patton that discussed some of the patterns and practices that are beginning to emerge for incorporating user experience into the agile … Continue reading →

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Bucketing stories for quick estimation

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Ed

So, you’ve been running a few sprints, you have a velocity and a backlog. The trouble is your team tends to estimate your stories in your planning meetings and it really drags the meeting on for a long time. Never … Continue reading →

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