Monthly Archives: May 2009

Pulling Power and Kanban experiences

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Liz

My first ever article, “Pulling Power: a new Software Lifespan” is up on InfoQ. BDD, Feature Injection, Lean and Kanban playing nice together! Big thanks to Dan North, Chris Matts, David Anderson, Amr Elssamadisy and the amalgam of developers who … Continue reading →

Posted in bdd, jbehave, kanban, lean, stories, writing | Leave a comment

Feedback sandwiches and Real Options

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Liz

Esther Derby writes great advice on giving feedback. I’m intrigued by her closing comment: Praise sandwich tends to erode trust in the feedback givers intentions, and once that’s gone, there’s not much chance any useful information will get through. I … Continue reading →

Posted in feedback, nlp | 4 Comments

ACG mind maps

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Liz

I got a bit experimental with my mind maps at the Agile Coaches’ Gathering. I think it was a combination of the amazing and inspirational people, the fantastic choice of venue and the glorious weather that got me feeling so … Continue reading →

Posted in conference | Leave a comment

Ups and downs

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Liz

This blog’s been up and down the last couple of days while we uploaded my new site, lunivore.com. It’s not finished yet – there are a couple of empty pages, the Game of Life implementation still has a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in life | Leave a comment

Cargo Cults and Agile Values

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Liz

What’s a Cargo Cult? Once upon a time, during World War II, there was an island on which planes landed. The islanders loved the planes landing, because they brought goods that the islanders couldn’t normally get. The soldiers shared the … Continue reading →

Posted in breaking models, feedback, learning models, values | 1 Comment