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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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Tom Perry
- Feb 26, 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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Tom Perry
- Jan 28, 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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Tom Perry
- Sep 28, 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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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
- 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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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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Tom Perry
- May 11, 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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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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Tom Perry
- May 2, 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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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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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 15, 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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Tom Perry
- Feb 28, 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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Tom Perry
- Feb 26, 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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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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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 9, 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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