Jim was working as the business manager inside the company. He had years of experience and was a few years from retiring. Jim was working on a project with Michelle and he had been voluntold (told he would volunteer) that he was the teams product...

Looking for ways to use agile practices at home? This blog post was written in 2006 but it still applies today. I've since expanded it to my other kids (we had more).

I went to Sweden for Microsoft TechDays a couple weeks ago and right before I left I found out my sessions were at the end of the day on both days, which was fantastic! I thought to myself – should I change over to the local time zone, which was nine hours ahead of my home time zone of Pacific?

Just before Thanksgiving I was in Berlin, Germany for TechEd Europe 2010. It was my first time there and two of my three sessions ended in the top 50 (out of 500+).

I have been working on or with Agile teams, mostly Scrum, for almost four years now.  On my first team, the Falcon team, and teams ever since, I have noticed a trend in the Daily Scrum meeting where people will say things they think the other team members want to hear.  I found this disturbing as you can imagine, and I found a solution to prevent it.

So you want to be a stage producer for the Agile conference? Great! This post is meant to give you a primer not only on how to get started but also on how to build a wonderful experience for the attendees. Part 4 of 4.

If you wanted to know more about the Agile conference submission process, read this. Part 3 of 4.

I've been working on the Agile Alliance "Agile" conferences since 2006 and am/was the conference chair for Agile 2012. Want some insight on how things work behind the scenes? Read on. Part 2 of 4.

My story from working as a stage producer on the Agile Alliance "agile" conferences over the last several years. Part 1 of 4.

People often ask why they should work on a Scrum team if their companies base rewards on individual efforts. This raises the question, how does Scrum help the individual?