A few years ago, I set out to build a boat in my garage. It was a pretty substantial project. Frankly, it was a lot more than I think I was really prepared for. Nevertheless, I did it. It took me about three years to get done, but I finally realized that particular dream and went sailing on a boat I had built myself. Pretty cool, right? Well, one of my biggest frustrations was this weird phenomenon that happened right before I got started on the work. I can remember it happen

By now, you’ve probably figured out that I’m laying out all the guidance for using Swarming as a legitimate, full-fledged, Agile method. It looks like this: Swarming Values Principles Roles Team Kickoffs Creating the Context Environments Communication There you have it. A complete method for swarming. Wrap it up and ship it. “But wait!” you say, “You’re not a real methodologist, your just some guy with a blog!” You are absolutely right. What gives me the right to propose a ne