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2020

  • Oh, the complexities concealed behind that word
  • Well, that was indeed a year
  • When we are told something is a requirement, it's very often... not
  • Software is in the business of improving lives, not shipping sausages from a production line.
  • The team don't like it / Stuffing the Backlog, stuffing the Backlog
  • More often than you think, with good reasons
  • Going back to school, virtually
  • Why telling testers to stay in their lane harms your team's ability to deliver work
  • Why we shouldn't be cramming sprints to capacity. We should be focusing on getting stuff done.
  • In which I ramble about the surprising depth to some old UK gameshows
  • Focus today on the problems you have today. Focus tomorrow on the problems you may have tomorrow.
  • Calling time on cramming people into open-plan offices, reorganising our work-life balance and making offices spaces for meaningful inter-personal interactions.
  • A virtual conference in times of turmoil.
  • In which I change jobs during a pandemic.
  • Sprints need a purpose to, well, sprint towards. Otherwise, a sprint risks becoming a mini-waterfall.

2019

  • ArchUnit asserts architectural constraints at the unit-test level, giving developers guiderails on good practice with fast feedback.
  • Agile is not an off-the-shelf product that can be dropped into an organisation. It's a learning journey with a willingness to embrace change.
  • DevOps and Continuous Delivery learnings from the first Build IT Right event.

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