Building Software with AI, One Thin Slice at a Time Goal: show how to use AI to build real software without losing your mental model of the system. This is a live demo starting from a problem domain chosen on the spot.… More →
Retrospectives can be the powerhouse of continual improvement for your team, but too often they become complaint sessions about things outside the team's control, and nothing truly actionable is decided. In this talk we… More →
Cumulative Flow Diagrams give your team instant X-ray vision into how work is being started and completed. By making WIP and cycle-time issues clearly visible, CFDs create real predictability and forecasting without… More →
Most teams use some combinations of Features, Stories, and Tasks to manage their work, but while some teams use this hierachy to laser focus the delivery of awesome software to their users, other teams struggle to… More →
Leveraging Communication is the key to the Collaboration that makes Teams excel at higher levels. Whatever your team style, these tips will help you to know yourself and your communication strengths to be a better asset… More →
Small user stories are a key enabler of agility, but many teams dutifully break down stories without seeing any benefit. Why is this? In this talk, we are going to introduce the Pedal Principle to show how some of the… More →
Is your team or project supposed to “be agile?” You might not feel that way if you have a years-long backlog, standups are individual status reports, and everyone is still multitasking. The people on the project want to… More →
In giving hundreds of online talks, I have a vast amount expertise in things that I'd prefer not to ever do again. I have a small amount of experience in things that seem to usually work pretty well or at least don't… More →
There is a fundamental disconnect in delivering software. Software developers are often proud of their innovations, and businesses are eager to ship them. But users are increasingly exhausted by the constant… More →
What does your software project have in common with the Sphex Wasp and Sumo Robots? They both exhibit complex behavior that can be defined using simple examples. In this session, we will look at how behavior driven… More →