On Monday, February 18, Asynchrony held our company meeting. As well as being our first company meeting in the new office, we were able for the first time to bring in guest speakers. We chose two great voices in the Agile world, James Shore and Arlo Belshee, to help remind us of Agile values and [...]
I’ve been thinking about having a company game night for quite a while, and I decided to just jump out there, even at the risk of looking silly. I sent a message out to the company with what I was thinking, with the caveat that if we got at least ten people interested we’d go [...]
by Myles Bogner, Ph.D. and Steve Kanter We had a small Agile software development team in one location. Within this environment, we operated with the following tools: A Kanban board drawn on a whiteboard with post-it notes that were physically date-stamped as items moved through the queue Company provided git repository for source control Metrics [...]
“This Agile Life” podcast just published episode 3, titled “Lead Six Cobra Kai”. The hosts for this episode were our own, Amos King, Andrew Radford, and John Sextro. Rocking the audio, as always, is the one and only, Dr. Lee McCauley. Please have a listen and share it, email it, Facebook it, Tweet it, Digg [...]
Several employees from Asynchrony, organized by John Sextro, have started recording a podcast on what it’s been like for developers, architects, and managers to be Agile in a world that doesn’t always line up in an ideal way. Check out This Agile Life; you can subscribe to the podcast using your favorite application, and comment [...]
My new Agile Architect article, “Agile Humor: 5 Radio Ads and Announcements We’ll Never Hear” is online at ADT Magazine at http://adtmag.com/articles/2012/07/24/agile-humor.aspx You can read all of my Agile Architect columns at http://adtmag.com/Articles/List/Agile-Architect.aspx
Through my various experiences as a Developer, Technical Lead, Test Driven Development Mentor and Agile Coach, I have paired with more than 100 different Developers over the course of 10 years. As you can imagine, I’ve seen just about everything, the worst of the worst and the best of the best. Most of the people [...]
Let’s face it you can never have enough money and your tests never run fast enough. I can’t help you with your money, but if you follow the steps in this post I can help you speed up your Cucumber tests. The improvement process that I’ll walk you through is known commonly as DMAIC (Define, [...]
At Asynchrony, we like to give back. We like to support causes and support each other. Danny Shoemaker, a member of our Business Development team, is on a mission to climb Mount Kilimanjaro this summer in honor of his loved ones who have dealt with cancer and to support the mission of LIVESTRONG. There are [...]
My new Agile Architect article, “Agile Deadline Ahead: Will Your Team Make It?” is online at ADT Magazine at http://adtmag.com/articles/2012/02/16/agile-deadline-ahead.aspx You can read all of my Agile Architect columns at http://adtmag.com/Articles/List/Agile-Architect.aspx