Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Showcase rehearsal
Posted by Simon Baker
Showcases are great PR opportunities with the customer and friends (other stakeholders). We want the showcase to be meaningful for the customer and we want the customer to be engaged. So we rehearse a few times to come up with the smoothest running order and an entertaining narrative for demonstrating the stories.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Lisa Crispin interviews Simon Baker, cofounder of Energized Work
Posted by Simon Baker
In this interview, author, speaker, and agile tester Lisa Crispin speaks with Simon Baker, cofounder of Energized Work and recipient of the Gordon Pask award, about the approaches and tools his lab uses.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Create positive pressure around releases
Posted by Simon Baker
If you're working towards a key release, the pressure mounts for everyone involved as it approaches. For the technical team responsible for delivery the rising pressure in this situation is nearly always negative if left unchecked. As time runs out the drumbeat gets faster and faster as the team is whipped up to ramming speed, a bit like the galley slaves in Ben Hur.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Product-oriented development
Posted by Simon Baker
Presented at the Agile Evangelists Meetup:
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