So, a “stand-up” meeting is a communication ritual from Extreme Programming (XP). The developers were sick of long, boring meetings wasting all their time, so someone came up with the idea of ritualizing a quick and productive status meeting. Stand-up has to be short because no one is allowed to sit down. I believe in… Continue reading Virtual Stand-up: Extending the Circle
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I made this, I am so proud
My nephew seems to be enjoying the robot I knitted for him….
Sounds to me like you know what you want to be when you grow up….
Last Thursday I had breakfast with a local usability guru. We caught up a bit on what each other have been doing, and he said, to my astonishment, the above line. I suppose I’m astonished because I feel like I’ve been in a kind of exploration free-fall for the last two years. I actually stopped,… Continue reading Sounds to me like you know what you want to be when you grow up….
Reusable practices?
Four months ago (March, 2006), I signed on to be Director of Operations at a small web company. Tonight, I had dinner with a friend and former colleague. We’re both project managers and we both left an established XP shop in the beginning of this year. We compared notes on what we have tried in… Continue reading Reusable practices?