AGILE IN ACTION

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Dan's Leaving Card

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: avatar
If you're using avatars on planning boards, here's a great idea for the team to say kthxbai to someone who's leaving. It beats a boring leaving card signed by everyone in the office.
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The Energized Way

Posted by Simon Baker
Go live every week. Follow the money. Keep options open. Work with customers every day. Work in one place. Collaborate intensively. Talk face-to-face. Grow friendships. Create features iteratively. Code in pairs. Drive with tests. Fix defects immediately. Never compromise quality. See the whole. Fail fast; learn quickly. Have fun. Be remarkable.
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Friday, 28 November 2008

Team Mo

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: movember, team

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Inside the Energy Lab I

Posted by Simon Baker
Before:
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Our new lab in Holborn London

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: lab
Energized Work is now based at 17 Macklin Street, Holborn, London, WC2B 5NQ.
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The big boys have arrived

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: lab
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Dilbert does ham and eggs

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: scrum

Saturday, 22 November 2008

What makes an effective pairing session?

Posted by Simon Baker
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Thursday, 13 November 2008

Gardening for facilitators

If you're new to light-touch leadership you may find yourself focusing on the big events (standups, retrospectives, planning games, showcase, beer). However it's the little-noticed gardening work that happens over the course of an iteration that really helps a team work together and deliver effectively. Here's a few examples, some of which may be specific to our environment.
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Monday, 10 November 2008

Beer helped

Posted by Simon Baker
When Energized Work turned one year old back in June we started to give a lot more attention to our ideas to develop the company. We decided it was time for action. While attending Agile2008 in Toronto, we talked and talked over beers in the bar at the top of the CN Tower and talked some more in Fynn's of Temple Bar. Since then we've been beavering away behind the scenes, occasionally alluding to progress in my tweets.
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