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    Letting them build it
    Tom Perry
    • Feb 28, 2019
    • 5 min

    Letting them build it

    Agile methods like scrum and XP are very exciting, especially when you are first introduced to them. There is something very common sense...
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    Time Machine
    Tom Perry
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Time Machine

    OK, Mr. Peabody, where are we going today? Well Sherman, Any time I explain what Scrum or XP is, I start with time boxes. The time box...
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    Test Driven Transformation
    Tom Perry
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Test Driven Transformation

    The introduction of agile methods has brought a wave of innovation in the business world that some might argue has revolutionized...
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    Team Genetics
    Tom Perry
    • Sep 29, 2014
    • 2 min

    Team Genetics

    Today I was listing to “The Splendid Table”, a great cooking show on NPR. They were talking about variation in growing heirloom tomatoes....
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    Slowing Down
    Tom Perry
    • Feb 13, 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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    XP2011 Day 4
    Tom Perry
    • May 13, 2011
    • 1 min

    XP2011 Day 4

    Sessions Silo Busting w/Tom Perry and Lourdes Vidueira Yeah, that’s me. It was our big session. And just for the record, we rocked the...
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    XP2011 Day 3
    Tom Perry
    • May 12, 2011
    • 2 min

    XP2011 Day 3

    Conversations What can I say? The restaurant open bar last night was epic. Actually I wasn’t saying very much at all to anyone this...
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    XP2011 Day 2
    Tom Perry
    • May 12, 2011
    • 2 min

    XP2011 Day 2

    First a brief note on the important things: The breakfasts: While I don’t think anyone is going to beat last year’s xp2010 hotel in...
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    XP2011 Day 1
    Tom Perry
    • May 10, 2011
    • 3 min

    XP2011 Day 1

    The first day of XP2011 got off to a good start today. As your roaming reporter I think I will break down my experience of day one into...
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    The Fractal Beauty of Process
    Tom Perry
    • May 3, 2011
    • 1 min

    The Fractal Beauty of Process

    There is something about a well designed process that I find mesmerizing. It really doesn’t matter if it’s XP, Scrum, Lean, or Kanban the...
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    How Others See Us Is Important Too
    Tom Perry
    • Apr 24, 2011
    • 2 min

    How Others See Us Is Important Too

    I was having a conversation once with an executive sponsor who was frustrated by friction between competing organizational silos. One...
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    What I Learned From My Daughter’s First Grade Classroom
    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
    • Jun 16, 2009
    • 1 min

    Day 1 of Agile Roots Conference

    This conference has an awesome speaker lineup for its relatively small size (~200). It’s really great! Great first day. Lots of notes....
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    Tom Perry
    • May 5, 2009
    • 1 min

    I’ll be speaking at Agile Roots 2009!

    I’ll be giving a tutorial, “Impediment Hunting” at Agile Roots 2009! This is a fantastic tutorial and I’m really excited to have been...
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    Finding Impediments
    Tom Perry
    • Mar 1, 2009
    • 5 min

    Finding Impediments

    I’ve been thinking a lot about impediments lately. OK, maybe obsessing is a better word. I know it’s the word my wife would use. Note to...
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    Treating “Impedimentia”
    Tom Perry
    • Feb 27, 2009
    • 2 min

    Treating “Impedimentia”

    Why is it so hard to come up with impediments sometimes? I know that impediments are all around me – literally everywhere I look. So why...
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    Classifying Impediments
    Tom Perry
    • Feb 25, 2009
    • 5 min

    Classifying Impediments

    Categorizing things can be a very useful tool for understanding the world around us. I watch my 2 year old daughter doing it all the...
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    Give the 360 Back to the Team
    Tom Perry
    • Jan 27, 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 10, 2008
    • 1 min

    Working with Agile Teams has to be better

    Like many folks I work in an environment where multiple methodologies are used. Some are insiders: the various and sundry Agile...
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