Agile Denver is hosting the 2nd Mile High Agile conference, in Downtown Denver, Colorado on April 3rd, 2012! Last year, the first, there were nearly 500 people!! I am sure many people are already registered, but if you have not, The Early Bird pricing is $125!!! Through February 16th. The Agile Cooperative will have a […]
Agile Training Our agile training courses are for people who want to build organizations that thrive in today’s complex, rapidly changing, knowledge-based world. Agile is not just about efficiency and how products and services are built–it is about what people learn and what is built! For agile to stick and to move beyond okay, agile has […]
Team toxins have the ability to wreak havoc on our teams and organizations if left unchecked. Team toxins can lead to team conflict if people are not aware of and able to deal with toxins. Understanding team toxins is one preemptive way to deal with team conflict. The four team toxins are: Criticism (or Blaming) Defensiveness […]
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 […]
We have done a huge disservice to leaders and managers, as well as teams. There are plenty of people that will say we don’t need managers and leaders. People can lead themselves. While there is an aspect of this that may be true, there are a lot of steps to get close to that idea. […]
This is a common question, since Kanban can have several word uses and meanings in the agile space. The term gets thrown around a lot, making it even more confusing. In order to understand Kanban and where it comes from, let’s start with some basic definitions and the foundations. We start with the basics, because […]