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It’s time for me to reboot a practice I started a while ago and it’s inspired by Ben Clark’s Twitter post. Rather than jump into the my-agility-is-better-than-yours fray, I had decided a while …
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Taking my Facilitating Distributed Agile Teams talk back on the road. I'll be at Mile High Agile today and I'll be speaking tomorrow at 2p MT. I'll have a few copies of my book to give away as well, …
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Recently, a friend pointed me to yet another long online conversation debating whether remote work is good or bad. Who was right? Both sides actually. However, they were arguing over …
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You may have noticed some small changes to my blog. A new look and a few things rearranged. Also, a new newsletter is available as well. This is all in preparation for release of our Distributed …
Many have asked when the book will be available. You can actually get an early release now at https://leanpub.com/geographicallydistributedagileteams Johanna and I have received over 50 pages …
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Today marks a sad day but also one more call to collaborate. Many former Rally Software employees are being let go in Boulder, Denver, Raleigh and other locations. They include developers, QA, sales …
2020 presented many twists and turns for all of us, and there are more to come. In August 2017, I began to co-author a book on successful distributed agile teams with Johanna Rothman. Our first chapter was titled “Distributed Agile Teams Are Here to Stay.” We did not realize how prophetic that would be in […]
Over this first half of 2020, most of the world now knows what long-time remote workers have known for years: Remote amplifies. Remote does amplify some obvious things like distance. But until the last few months, only a few realized that distance is a lever, not the outcome of being remote. First, remote amplifies your […]
As people moved to completely online and distributed work in the early part of 2020, interesting patterns in training and collaboration tools emerged. While many trainers have focused on tools and process and the best way to keep teams connected online, it seems we slipped into a control trap for teams. Stand-up Meetings vs […]