At San Francisco Agile 2012, I had the good fortune to pair up with Matt Barcomb for a session about growing the Whole-Team approach. Matt found ways to apply the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to help teams understand the various stages of growth as a team which commits to delivering high-quality software learns ways […]
Read MoreWhat I’ve been writing instead of blog posts!
I have been doing some writing in the past six weeks, in addition to rehabilitating my broken-and-now-healed ankle. But it’s all been published elsewhere. Here are some links: Software Quality Connection, “How to Improve Communication between QA and Development“ SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “Agile development: The whole-team approach” Also on SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “The whole-team approach to Agile development: Examples […]
Read MoreInterview with Simon Baker
My interview with Simon Baker was posted on Stickyminds and Techwell today. There will also be highlights in the next issue of Better Software.
Read MoreThe Whole Team Approach in Practice
I’ve just been struggling with a title for this post. Some of my ideas were: “Visibility Taken to New Heights”, “Yes, There Are Teams Who Do This Just Like In the Books”, “A Real Commitment to Continual Improvement”, “Inspiration”, but none of them really capture my amazement at what I saw visiting the team at […]
Read MoreTeamwork & Making Good Choices
Agile is pretty mainstream now, but some folks still aren’t sure what testers do. In addition, the “Whole Team” approach to quality and the idea that testing and coding aren’t separate phases still mystifies some people. I think my team’s activities the past two days are a good illustration of how agile teams work together […]
Read MoreWe’re All In the Same Boat
Please see my StickyMinds Blog for a new post inspired by Jeff Patton’s recent presentation to our Agile Denver user group. The Whole Team Approach isn’t just for developing the software! We need to really think Whole Company. Comments welcome!
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