“Going against men, I have heard at times a deep harmony thrumming in the mixture, and when they ask me what I say I don’t know. It is not the only or the easiest way to come to the truth. It is one way.” – Wendell Berry I looked in the mirror the other day and guess what I saw? The grumpy scrum master. He comes by sometimes and pays me a visit. Old grumpy looked at me and I looked at him and together we agreed that perhaps, just this one time, he just might be right. We sat

I used to race with a really experienced crew on a J120 (a flippin’ nice sailboat). We were all very hardcore about our racing. Many on the crew had been racing sailboats since their childhood. These guys were good – really good. We pushed each other hard and we expected a lot of ourselves and each other when we were out on the race course. So there was plenty of pressure. I came to sailing relatively late in life compared to some, so I was very self-conscious. I didn’t want

If you give an Agilist a project, He’s going to ask for some stories. When you give him the stories, he’ll probably ask you for a sprint. When he’s finished he’ll probably ask for a retrospective. Then he will want to reflect on his work and look to improve. When he reflects on his work he might notice he can do better, so he will probably ask for a pairing session. When he’s finished with the pairing session, he’ll want some unit tests to validate his work. He might get carr