Category Archives: AgileSafari
How Agile Goes Bad, Blame, and Options [Agile Safari]
Does Your Culture Require Your Demise? Pig & Chicken 3 [Agile Safari]
Is Aiming For Potentially Shippable Good Enough? [Agile Safari]
Organizational Commitment: Pig & Chicken – Part 2
Many people really don’t like the original cartoon (See & read Pig & Chicken part 1). When I decided to do three strips on the Pig & Chicken, I knew there would be a lot of ‘concern’, but based on where I want to go, I made the decision that it had to be done. Tweet the Agile Safari Cartoon! Continue reading
Agile Commitment — Classic Pig & Chicken (Part 1)
The Pig & Chicken is a cartoon that many in the agile community are familiar with. I know some will see it and ask, why is this one being rehashed (I know this because I reviewed it with a few people and they asked). Some will be quite annoyed, since many “strongly dislike” the cartoon (which is fine – please add your comments!). So, for anyone reading this and thinking any of those things, please read on. I’d like to say “don’t worry, I have a plan”, but only you can judge for yourself how it pans out! Tweet the Agile Safari Cartoon!
What Is The Pig & Chicken Cartoon?
For readers who are not familiar with agile (or any agile folks who have not seen the cartoon), the ideas is that the pigs are the team (or Scrum Team). The chickens are everyone else. Continue reading
Agile Safari – Best Agile Project Management Software
No, I don’t hate agile project management software — it can serve a purpose. At issue is if there is an actual purpose and if it is misused. Often the software stalls progress or worse, move us backwards. For any readers who are not familiar with agile or don’t work in software — the idea here is that instead of using the monitor to display some type of software tracking tool, the new scrum master just used sticky-notes and stuck them on the monitor. What is the simplest thing that works in your world? Continue reading