Cynefin: A leader’s framework for decision making

30 September 2016

Cynefin: A leader’s framework for decision making

Excellent article on leadership styles:
“…Leaders who don’t recognize that a complex domain requires a more experimental mode of management may become impatient when they don’t seem to be achieving the results they were aiming for… Leaders who try to impose order in a complex context will fail, but those who set the stage, step back a bit, allow patterns to emerge, and determine which ones are desirable will succeed.” …Read more

The what, why and how of #NoEstimates

28 September 2016

The what, why and how of #NoEstimates

I have recently spent some time looking more closely into the #NoEstimates movement. There is a substantial amount of information to be found on the internet, just look it up with your favorite search engine. Ron Jeffries, Woody Zuill, Neil Killick, Steve Fenton, Vasco Duarte, Angel Medinilla and many more share their experience in working with estimates. In this post I would like to share some thoughts with you and try to present the basic ideas conveyed in the “No Estimates” book by Vasco Duarte which I have just finished reading.

#NoEstimates is a catchy, rather provoking, term that questions the practice of estimating software development work. After all, if like Steve McConnell in his “Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art” book, you accept that good estimating means being within 25% of the actual duration of a project 75% of the time, would you bet your money on it? I know the #NoEstimates movement people wouldn’t! Instead, they suggest we should stop trying to get better in estimating and start forecasting instead.

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We zijn prutsers!

21 September 2016

We zijn prutsers!

“Fred Brooks’ essay “No Silver Bullet” taught us that no single technique can bring us an order-of-magnitude improvement within a single decade. In spite of this, from his ideas of essential and accidental complication, we can conclude something stunning about the nature of agile software development.“

This talk by J.B. Rainsberger was recorded at Øredev conference 2013

De beginselen van Scrum

10 September 2016

De beginselen van Scrum

“Companies are increasingly realizing that the old, sequential approach to developing new products simply won’t get the job done. Instead, companies in Japan and the United States are using a holistic method—as in rugby, the ball gets passed within the team as it moves as a unit up the field.“…Lees meer

The 5 dysfunctions of a team

6 September 2016

The 5 dysfunctions of a team

Pat Lencioni over de 5 dysfuncties van een team. Een speech bij de HTB Leadership Conference 2013 in Londen. Een beetje van een tv-predikant, een beetje van een stand-up comedian, een geweldige speech.