The Post-it Note is Dead
Just for fun, I’m going to keep some of my post-it notes in a box to show to my grand-kids, “Back in my day, we used to use these things to
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Tom Perry
- Oct 18, 2014
- 1 min
Simplicity of Measure
I got a fitbit bracelet the other day. It’s a pretty nifty gadget. It tracks the number of steps that I take in a day, as well as...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 4, 2013
- 8 min
The Agile Experience and The 5 Rules of Accelerated Learning
How do you experience Agile? I’m not talking about the process, the rituals, or the artifacts. I’m certainly not asking you to...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 12, 2013
- 5 min
Slowing Down
Last week I led a session at Agile Open Northwest called, “Slowing Down”. The idea for this session was inspired by my own struggles with...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 4, 2010
- 2 min
When ToDo, In-Progress, and Done Aren’t Good Enough
On a task board there are two places that we can capture additional detail regarding the tasks we are working on: In the tasks and...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 10, 2009
- 5 min
What I Learned From My Daughter’s First Grade Classroom
The new school year is beginning and my daughter is starting first grade. I had an opportunity to go to her elementary school open house...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 26, 2009
- 3 min
Give the 360 Back to the Team
Tired of doing the same old retrospective every sprint? You know how it goes: what went right/what needs improvement/action items. Are...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 16, 2008
- 2 min
Inspired by Executable Design
A post on “Executable Design” from Chris Sterling inspired me today. I’ve started running TDD workshops with the teams that I work with....
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Tom Perry
- Sep 10, 2008
- 1 min
Swarming System Analysis Tools
What if we could model the interaction of teams the same way that we model the behavior of slime-molds, ants, and other simple organisms?...
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Tom Perry
- Aug 1, 2008
- 1 min
Using the Agile Cookie Cutter
How would you set up your next project? What would you require? I know what I’ve tried in the past – here’s a brief inventory of my...
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Tom Perry
- Jul 11, 2008
- 3 min
Frequent Small Releases
With scrum, we try to deliver business value every sprint. That’s easier to do with some projects than others. If you have a mountain of...
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Tom Perry
- Jun 3, 2008
- 1 min
A few experiments in Agile
Here are a few ideas for things we could try out to improve our teams: Work on only one story at a time Minimize square footage of the...
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Tom Perry
- May 29, 2008
- 2 min
Information Density and Project Tracking
One complaint that I hear from people who don’t like a given project tracking tool is that there is actually too much information on the...
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Tom Perry
- May 28, 2008
- 1 min
Agile Planning Tools Revisited
Since my last post listing Agile planning tools a few more have come to my attention including: GreenHopper ScrumDesk TargetProcess XPWeb...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 19, 2008
- 2 min
Creating the Right Environment for Teamwork
At work everyone on the team have their own offices. It’s a pretty nice setup: lot’s of space, privacy – in short, it really doesn’t get...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 5, 2007
- 2 min
Agile Planning Tools
A few notes on this list: I tried to collect just the tools that are written specifically for the purpose of Agile planning. I know that...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 4, 2007
- 3 min
Rally vs. Scrumworks
My first impression is that these are two applications that have come from very different backgrounds. ScrumWorks started off as a java...
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Tom Perry
- Nov 23, 2007
- 8 min
Task Boards: Telling a Compelling Agile Story
The task board is the single most important information radiator that an agile team has. A task board illustrates the progress that an...
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