The Poor Neglected Impediment
I wrote a book a few years ago about dealing with impediments on agile teams. It’s right there on the upper right of the page (I’ll give...
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Tom Perry
- Jul 9, 2016
- 1 min
Agile2016 is Coming!
“This is where the Agile tribes meet.” Agile2016 is swiftly approaching. I’ll be there in Atlanta doing a couple of talks this year. If...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 17, 2014
- 2 min
Make Resolving Impediments a Habit
I’ve talked a lot about the rigors of finding and resolving impediments for a team. There is one thing that I have left out: the people...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 18, 2014
- 3 min
Killing 7 Impediments in One Blow
Have you heard the story of the Brave Little Tailor? Here’s a refresher: So one day this little guy kills 7 flies with one mighty blow....
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Tom Perry
- Sep 6, 2014
- 1 min
When Impediment Management Won’t Work
I stumbled across Pawel Brodzinski’s blog on Software Project management. In “Why Kaizen Boards (Typically) Don’t Work” he talks about...
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Tom Perry
- Mar 3, 2014
- 2 min
Culture Eats Impediments Too
I stumbled across Pawel Brodzinski’s blog on Software Project management. In “Why Kaizen Boards (Typically) Don’t Work” he talks about...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 8, 2013
- 2 min
Impediment Spotting
So there I was in a meeting the other day (saving the world…yawn). Everything was going smoothly (too smoothly) so I did a quick spot...
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Tom Perry
- Mar 4, 2013
- 1 min
Announcing: The Little Book of Impediments
Impediments have long been a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I’ve just published the first draft of a book dedicated to managing...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 21, 2012
- 2 min
Developing Games Fosters an Experimental Mindset
So, for the past week or so, I’ve been developing the Impediments Game. You can see some of my efforts: interation 1, iteration 2,...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 20, 2012
- 2 min
Developing the Impediments Game – Part 4
So today was a day to make a few changes and take stock of where things are at. The first change I wanted to make was to double the...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 18, 2012
- 2 min
Developing the Impediments Game – An Interlude
I know what you’re probably thinking by now: MORE on this silly game? Well, yes (I’m so embarrassed). You see, it just gets more...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 17, 2012
- 3 min
Developing the Impediments Game – Iteration 2
This is a continuation of my last post where I was endeavoring to create a board game that allows players to simulate the trade-offs with...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 16, 2012
- 4 min
Developing the Impediments Game
I was inspired recently by a twitter post from Elizabeth Hendricks where she said she was working on an impediments game. I thought that...
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Tom Perry
- Nov 1, 2011
- 6 min
On Product Ownership
Recently I’ve been dealing with disengaged product owners. You know the type: they don’t show up for the stand-ups, when they come to the...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 22, 2011
- 3 min
Going To The Dark Side
I discovered the other day that I have apparently gone over to the dark side of Agile. It’s unfortunate, but understandable given the...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 4, 2011
- 3 min
Are There Convenient Impediments?
Lately I’ve been living in a strange world. It’s a world where everything is all turned around and inside out. Bad things are good. Good...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 28, 2011
- 2 min
The Great Screaming Treadmill of Doom
I have a few pet phrases for that exhausted feeling you get when facing yet another project: The Mighty Exercycle of the Apocalypse,...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 21, 2011
- 3 min
Getting Attention
I heard a story once from Jeff Sutherland about a team that didn’t have a backlog. Their product owner had checked out for one reason or...
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Tom Perry
- May 28, 2010
- 1 min
Awareness
I was watching a presentation on risk today and I saw a symmetry between risks and impediments that I had never realized before. With...
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Tom Perry
- May 18, 2010
- 1 min
A Few Resources On Agile Risk Management
I’ve been spending some time researching impediments and risk management – two topics that I believe are intimately related. I wanted to...
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