Author Archives: Ed

Agile Open Northwest

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Ed

I attended Agile Open Northwest. It used a cool concept called open space. No set speakers, no powerpoints, no agenda. In the beginning, 120 people meet and some of them propose topics and then post the topic up on a … Continue reading →

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Look who’s got a Lookahead Plan?

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Ed

After seeing Mike Cohn’s presentation on Agile Estimation and Planning, I got very excited about a technique he described as lookahead planning. A lookahead plan is simply a quick look at the next couple sprints to determine what stories are … Continue reading →

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How I do standups

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Ed

Everyone has their own flavor of standups. Some do it standing up. Some do it sitting down. Some do it in a club with a microphone. I’ve never been that brave. For me, the scrum standup goes like this. I … Continue reading →

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