Posts Tagged: Books
Why Kanban for skeptics?
I noticed that in my professional and private life, I’m asking the following question more often: Why? This annoys the hell out of my colleagues, family and friends. But, I’ve learned the hard way, that taking enough time to trace
Why Kanban for skeptics?
I noticed that in my professional and private life, I’m asking the following question more often: Why? This annoys the hell out of my colleagues, family and friends. But, I’ve learned the hard way, that taking enough time to trace
The new hype in software development
Last week I visited Gothenburg, Sweden for the first Software Passion Summit. I was invited to speak at this brand new event. As with all new conferences, their tends to be a special atmosphere in the air. Curious tension, enthusiasm,
The new hype in software development
Last week I visited Gothenburg, Sweden for the first Software Passion Summit. I was invited to speak at this brand new event. As with all new conferences, their tends to be a special atmosphere in the air. Curious tension, enthusiasm,
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
Boring retrospectives – part 5 : Reverse Timeline
My next exercise in the series ‘Boring Retrospectives’ is the reverse timeline. It is a modification to the classic ‘Gathering Data’ exercise called ‘Timeline‘. This is an activity used to reconstruct what happened during the previous iteration. I also use
Boring retrospectives – part 5 : Reverse Timeline
My next exercise in the series ‘Boring Retrospectives’ is the reverse timeline. It is a modification to the classic ‘Gathering Data’ exercise called ‘Timeline‘. This is an activity used to reconstruct what happened during the previous iteration. I also use
Book review: Unfolding the Napkin
During my holiday I finally got time to read a book that was high on my reading list. In Unfolding the Napkin, Dan Roam takes his famous back of the napkin concept one step further. His second book promises that
Book review: Unfolding the Napkin
During my holiday I finally got time to read a book that was high on my reading list. In Unfolding the Napkin, Dan Roam takes his famous back of the napkin concept one step further. His second book promises that
It all starts with quality
Delivering value all starts with quality. In the end, we want to deliver customer value, that’s our number one goal, right? How can we achieve this without quality? If we ship products with a certain level of defects at a
It all starts with quality
Delivering value all starts with quality. In the end, we want to deliver customer value, that’s our number one goal, right? How can we achieve this without quality? If we ship products with a certain level of defects at a
Pimp my slide
I’m currently reading ‘Presentation Zen’ by Garr Reynolds. Normally when I like a book, I write a quick review afterwards. But now, I just couldn’t wait until I ‘m finished. The book starts with explaining the general ideas to keep
Pimp my slide
I’m currently reading ‘Presentation Zen’ by Garr Reynolds. Normally when I like a book, I write a quick review afterwards. But now, I just couldn’t wait until I ‘m finished. The book starts with explaining the general ideas to keep
Can you help me choose a book?
Every time I hear about an interesting book, I bookmark it in my ‘To Read’ list. But because I find more books than I’m able to read, that list soon became too big to handle. So I forced myself to
Can you help me choose a book?
Every time I hear about an interesting book, I bookmark it in my ‘To Read’ list. But because I find more books than I’m able to read, that list soon became too big to handle. So I forced myself to
Published on AgileQ
One of my book reviews got published on the AgileQ of InfoQ. They gave me great tips to make my original tekst more appealing and understandable to a broader public. You can compare the old version with the new version to see
Published on AgileQ
One of my book reviews got published on the AgileQ of InfoQ. They gave me great tips to make my original tekst more appealing and understandable to a broader public. You can compare the old version with the new version to see
Book review – Facilitator’s guide to participatory decision-making
The next book on my reading list was one in the field of group facilitation. It’s called ‘Facilitator’s guide to participatory decision-making’and is written by Sam Kaner and colleagues of Community at Work. As the biggest part of my job
Book review – Facilitator’s guide to participatory decision-making
The next book on my reading list was one in the field of group facilitation. It’s called ‘Facilitator’s guide to participatory decision-making’and is written by Sam Kaner and colleagues of Community at Work. As the biggest part of my job
