Archetypes for location based services

In many of our training and consulting engagements we gravitate towards the use of archetypes to depict common behaviors, both constructive and destructive.  Two that come to mind are:  Facilitation Patterns and Anti-Patterns and The Requirements Super Heroes and Villains 

This morning, I really enjoyed this collection from the Dachis Group as related to location based services. Check out:  The Mayor of Players and Other Location Based Services Archetypes

ThoughtWorks Studios Community Round-Up for April 2011

I just posted the latest installment of the ThoughtWorks Studios Community Round-Up for April 2011. Check it out here:

Community Round-up April 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios Blog

Harvest has begun

I'm thrilled to say that during the last couple of weeks, the garden has been exploding with fresh veggies from the winter crop. Today we pulled out a bunch of thumbelina carrots and a ton of kale (there is a great deal more where this came from)!

I am hoping to share more photos throughout the week when I harvest the second round of broccoli (which looks amazing), swiss chard, and cauliflower! I probably should share a shot of the entire bed, since I do not believe I have posted one of those.

Fingers crossed that we get a bit more lettuce and spinach out of this harvest, and I'm also looking forward to see what happens with the beets which were not ready the last time that I checked.

Cubicle Wars

Today Computerworld ran a story called Cubicle Wars for which I was interviewed.  It deals with the topic of how to create workspaces for Agile Teams that still allow for the privacy of the individual.  Check it out and let me know what you think:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9203159/Cubicle_wars_Best_and_worst_office_setups_for_tech_workers 

Enter the Scrum: From Development Chaos to Agility and Control

Recently I was interviewed by Mathew Schwartz at Dice.com for I/T workers looking to learn more about Agile development. The article, Enter The Scrum, was published today and I received a couple of nice quotes.

http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/enter_the_scrum_from_development

Nice work Mathew!

Jim Grenning on Iteration Zero

I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Jim Grenning's paper Iteration Zero which was published and presented at this year's Embedded Systems Conference in Boston.  It's very good and you can download the paper and slides here:

http://www.renaissancesoftware.net/papers/80-agile-requirements-estimation-and-planning-iteration-zero-embedded-systems-conference-2010-boston.html

If you don't know if Jim, he's one of the original Agilists and creator of the technique known as Planning Poker.  He spends much of his time trying to bring Agile to those in the embedded C space.  He'll be presenting at Agile China in October 2010 as well.

Best practices for adaptive software teams

I had a short article published today in Tech Journal South. Check out Best practices for adaptive software teams.