Author Archives: Liz

Tyburn 1.1 released

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Liz

Tyburn, the little GUI harness for helping you Swing more easily, has had a few changes: Slow mode now added, so you can use it to show your scenarios being run (great for BDD presentations or working out what’s actually … Continue reading →

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Pixie Driven Development

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Liz

While I’m coding, I usually have a bunch of very helpful pixies hanging around my desk. (They’re Dan’s pixies really, since he thought of them first; I’m just borrowing them.) The pixies are bored, and just waiting for a job … Continue reading →

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Business Velocity

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Liz

Pascal Van Cauwenberghe has written a great post on estimating business value, tying it into a feature-injection style template. I particularly like the idea of calculating business velocity, and showing value earned over cost on a visible chart. Even though … Continue reading →

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Doing the simplest thing and YAGNI

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Liz

On an aside, some people have asked me why I’ve chosen to set up my services site as a hard-coded website with server-side includes, instead of using another WordPress blog or something similar. I did it because: It was the … Continue reading →

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Dreyfus Modelling

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Liz

I’ve put up a page on lunivore.com which describes how I use the Dreyfus Model in coaching. This model was the one we adapted to mark the XP values in the Game of Life workshop at Screwfix, and I’ve also … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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