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Drupal Scaffolding
March 30, 2020
Leverage agile frameworks to provide a robust synopsis for high level overviews. Iterative approaches to corporate strategy foster collaborative thinking to further the overall value proposition.
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Module update to prep for 8.8.1
January 7, 2020
Going to browse for some files here, and also test pathauto.
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Post about developing software
December 2, 2019
This post will show you how to develop software good.
Step 1: code
Step 2: ??
Step 3: also ??
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The is my shiny new post and it has a really long title because sometimes I have lots of important things to say
October 15, 2019
Big shiny post
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Post update to v8.6.10
February 20, 2019
Just updated drupal and now I'm testing if editing content still works which I expect it does but you never know with drupal updates and all the contrib modules we have yikes this is a run-on sentence I think but what do I know it could be perfectly fine ok yeah I think it's fine.
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I'm a glob post
September 25, 2018
Barbary Coast Privateer lee nipper Jack Ketch mizzenmast fore lookout Arr heave down. Long boat bring a spring upon her cable league lad aye mutiny spike chandler yo-ho-ho careen. Chase guns skysail cackle fruit list Jack Tar long clothes provost lookout squiffy quarterdeck. Gally poop deck pirate chase clap of thunder yard mizzen dance the hempen jig jib Corsair.
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Scrubbing Sprint Zero
April 26, 2018
I remember going on a PRINCE2 course a few years ago, and trying to determine how this celebrated stage-gated framework might be applied to an agile mode of delivery. I was employed in the UK public sector at the time, and I had come to know how instrumental "PRINCE2 compliance" can be to the striking of a defensive organizational posture. When all eventually fails you must be able to show that you followed appropriate procedure.
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Test publishing via lightweight cron
April 17, 2017
Will this be published in a few minute?
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Can you find the 3 smells in I added a Refactoring Story for the next Cleanup Sprint?
February 7, 2017
“I added a Refactoring Story for the next Cleanup Sprint”
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What's wrong with: "I dont write any tests since I am not a tester"?
February 6, 2017
"Not a tester, so what are you then?" you might ask.
Being that offending is generally not helpful.
Unless you try to catch the attention as I do in this blog post ;-)
Let's digest the situation in detail.
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Can you find the 5 smells in "I reviewed your code last night and deleted all of it since it's crap"
February 6, 2017
Ok...
Let's make this a short one.
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Can you find the 3 smells in The requirement #721 doesnt meet the Definition of Ready
February 6, 2017
Let me quickly describe a potential situation how this came about.
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5 things bad developers say and what to do about it
February 6, 2017
I talk to a lot of people (if the day is long enough) and so I get them to ask interesting questions like:
"What have you learned recently?"
or
"What is your top 1 goal for 2020?"
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Scrum: How it Changed Our Corporate Culture
February 5, 2017
“Shirley, anything worth having is worth working hard for.”, that was how my friend Steve Porter from S
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Scrum myths: Scrum conflicts with fixed dates
February 5, 2017
This is a very common myth, frequent on people used to develop software only within the context of a closed scope (traditional project).
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Scrum Myths: Sprint Backlog fully built and assigned in Sprint Planning
February 5, 2017
Let’s start with a question. When is the Sprint Planning over? Usually, the first answer that comes to mind is “when the time-box expires”. It is a good answer. However, we Sprint Planning is a maximal time-box.
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My advice to women in agile
January 31, 2017
I was honored to participate in the Women in Agile panel discussion last week.
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Scrum Myths: There is No Planning in Scrum
January 30, 2017
A recurring Scrum myth I see in my training and coaching is that there is no planning in Scrum. Unfortunately, this myth can lead to two negative consequences.
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Zombie Scrum - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
January 26, 2017
This week I had the privilege to facilitate the Zombie Scrum workshop with Christiaan Verwijs.
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Scrum Myths: Daily Scrum Is a Status Meeting
January 26, 2017
This post is part of a series on debunking Scrum Myths. While my business cards say Professional Scrum Trainer, I may change that to Scrum Myth Buster.
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How do the 3 Scrum Roles Promote Self-organization?
January 23, 2017
The Scrum Team consists of 3 distinct Scrum roles that promote Self-organization: the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the Development Team. The accountability of each role complements the accountability of the other roles.
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Scrum Myths: Scrum is "Meeting Heavy"
January 21, 2017
When Scrum is introduced in a company, most of the time, the development team embraces it with lots of enthusiasm.
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SLEEPLESS IN CXO LAND: HOW SMART CXO'S BEAT STRESS WITH STRATEGIC SCRUM
January 17, 2017
THE (MIXED) BLESSING OF NEXTGEN REWRITES
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Scrum Myth: You can only Release the Product at the end of the Sprint
January 15, 2017
One of the recurring Scrum Myth discussions I have with colleagues, teams new to Scrum and those attending training when comparing Scrum & DevOps relate to a misinterpretation of the following paragraph from the Scrum Guide.
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Scrum Myths: It is ok to have a Sprint 0, Design Sprint, Hardening Sprint...
January 14, 2017
One common consequence of teams that do not deeply understand Scrum and the nature of its events is that they believe it is possible to run sprints which do not produce a Done and releasable increment of the product.
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Scrum for life
January 13, 2017
Clients and training attendees ask me "Can you use Scrum for something else than software?”. What they usually mean is building some other products or organizing team’s work. Let’s explore a more exotic idea.
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The 3rd Scrum Wave (a forward looking observation)
January 12, 2017
The Scrum framework thrives on empirical process control. The inspection of observable results gives us insights in what might be most valuable next, always acknowledging that the future is unwritten.
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Scrum Myths: Quality is traded for speed in Scrum
January 9, 2017
One of the arguments used against Scrum and a common misconception at the same time is the idea that quality is traded for speed in Scrum. As a PST with years of experience in Quality Assurance I decided to challenge this myth.
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3 Ideas to Improve a Scaled Sprint Review
January 6, 2017
At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol we're using an Agile approach to realise a large digital program. This program includes 5 value streams with multiple teams. Due the increasing scale of the program some challenges arise. For example:
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Agility-As-A-Service: 10 Questions For Choice-Based Agile Enablement
January 5, 2017
IMAGINE
Imagine you have just been asked to build an Agility Enablement Organization for your company. Sounds like fun, but there are some constraints you need to work within or around…
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2017 Waste Loss Challenge: Reduce Your Sabotagile Quotient!
January 3, 2017
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
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Getting to Done: Tackling Impediments
January 3, 2017
In a previous post describing challenges to creating a Done Increment, I identified impediments as one of those challenges. More specifically, NOT removing
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Getting to Done: Balancing Emergence and Delivery
January 2, 2017
In a previous post describing challenges to creating a done Increment, I identified too much change during the Sprint as one of those challenges. Th
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My Year of Success and Failure using Scrum
December 31, 2016
This year I was in the lucky circumstance to be part of some awesome (Scrum) teams. It certainly wasn't all "Scrum by the book" but I've learned a tremendous amount of lessons and generated lots of values insights.
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Scrum Myths: Velocity = Value?
December 29, 2016
I would like to kick off a series of posts in this blog trying to debunk some common myths about Scrum. Many of them arise sometimes from a poor understanding of the Scrum Guide, and even more often, from not having read it at all.
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Getting to Done: Creating Good Sprint Goals
December 29, 2016
In a previous post describing challenges to creating a done Increment, I identified a lack of clear Sprint Goals as one of those challenges. According to the Scrum Guide, t