Navigating Agile Development: Embracing the Ship of Theseus Philosophy
Introduction Agile software development teams often resemble a profound philosophical concept known as the "Ship of Theseus." Rath...
Equality of Voice in a Mob or Ensemble
One of the most common questions I get about mob programming is the following: "How often should any one person be navigat...
Overtime in Software Smells Bad
Earlier in my career as a software manager at one of my previous jobs I would get the call from my boss at 3:45 pm... "Chris, go buy su...
Product Owner Prioritization, Lean, and Experimentation
In environments I have seen, the Product Ownership (PO) role and the Software Developer role (Dev) are separated by some sort of artificial ...
Checklists, Mobbing, and Software Development
After reading the Checklist Manifesto, I started creating a number of checklists that I thought were useful. I want to begin publis...
Mob Programming Financial Benefits
The financials to Mob Programming always seem to be a topic of great interest to people that have not yet tried the practice but ar...
Safe Peer-Driven Goal Setting 360 Retro
Candor along with giving and receiving feedback is arguably one of the most important aspects of high-performing teams. However, givin...
#NoEstimates Questions Deep Dive
I have had a lot of great questions come in about my discussions on software estimation. I want to run through these and slowly add to them...
