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A retrospective on using the Scaled Agile Framework at Travis Perkins
Over the last year I have spent several days every month at Travis Perkins. TP have been using the Scaled…
Laying firm foundations for new distributed teams with 2-2-Go
Today I was asked for advice on how to best set-up a new distributed agile team. This reminded me of an…
I have the best job in the World
When I was a kid I loved to learn. Like REALLY loved to learn. So much so that my teacher…
10 Years of thinking about Pair Programming
Last week I gave a TalkShop at Bath Scrum Users Group that summarised my research on pair programming, touched upon…
Desirable Pair Programming Behaviours – Tag team
I have distilled my ethnographic research on pair programming into a number of observed desirable and un-desirable pair programming behaviours*.…
Agile and Introversion
Agile and Introversion I don’t really like labels. Particularly labels which are derived from multiple-choice tests. I’m not a huge…
Undesirable pair programming behaviours – The Thrasher and The Divider
This post details behaviours* that were observed during my pair programming studies and were considered to be either undesirable when…
Trust Workshop – Scrum Gathering Paris 2013
I recently facilitated a workshop entitled “Trust: A crucial ingredient for being successful with Scrum” with Ken Clyne at the…
An alternative take on the ‘Driver’ and ‘Navigator’ roles in pair programming.
Our findings so far suggest that experienced pair programmers under-rate their experience. They also cast some doubt on previous claims…
