Please allow me a bit of a gloat.
Esther Derby and I wrote a book about retrospectives for projects using Agile methods, Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! (published by Pragmatic Bookshelf) I actually held a copy in my hands for the first time just last night. The printer shipped them on Thursday. Baby books just born. Practically still wet.
The book offers information that lots of people will find useful, and that's good. But, the most exciting thing about it--it's my first book! I'm feeling all those first time author feelings, like a proud parent.
This coming week, I'm attending the Agile...
For information on the book about retrospective practice in Agile teams, see the pragmatic programmers bookshelf:
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/dlret/index.html
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"Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills" makes it's third public appearance in Portland Oregon, June 6-8. For more information on the course and registration forms for attending, drop me an email or attach a comment request.
It's Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.; a time that reminds me to appreciate my world.
I appreciate you, my colleagues and friends, for supporting me and challenging me. I appreciate my fellow Scrum Masters (of whatever gender) in Boulder for playing along in Open Space with me. I appreciate my family for their love and encouragement. I appreciate my sisters of the moon and the wheel for keeping me focused on what's important.
I am grateful to this planet for its beauty. After several sunny days in Portland, today the clouds have rolled in. I am grateful for the...
Jason Yip wrote a blog that made me think. I think we’d call this Courage. Or, on an XP team, following our values.
Sigh. I learn a little html and think I'm a programmer. So, just to keep me humble, the universe turns half of my latest blog posting green. The price of chutzpah. Sigh.