Welcome back to yet another week at www.implementingscrum.com.Or, for some people this weekend, welcome for the first time. Thank you Liz, you rock.I figured I’d spend tonight reminding myself where I have been since starting this blog, and where it will be going in the future.
Hopefully this will be of use for both new and regular readers.First, the story of the Chicken and Pig. Read more here. And here if you speak more than just English.
Even if you are not a techie, some of these stories and cartoons at the blog may help tell good stories.
One of the most popular on the site is here. I do not know why, but can imagine some. Whatever :).
If you just like looking at cartoons, check out here. There is a thumbnail of all cartoons every created on this site. Just click and enjoy.
Rinse and repeat.
So that gives a good tour of what the site is today.
I’d recommend coming back in the next few weeks. Subscribe now.
Because things are about to change.
There will be a new look and feel to the site.
The site is moving to a dedicated server — faster cartoon loading for you.
You will get more for your money.
OK. Well. The site is still free.
And no advertisements (hopefully that will continue!).
Even if you are not a geek — tell your friends. Or just have fun reading about geeks (that would be me and people I work with).
And strange things that happen in our world.
And.
I promise Tony will be back to work on new comic strips soon. Really. I promise.
Like when my parents come to visit — I know they really just come to see my kids. Just like the cartoons are the lifeblood of this site. I appreciate knowing that and providing those and my blog entries as a bonus (smie).
Have a great weekend (or welcome to Monday) and happy surfing!
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July 25, 2008
Hi all,
Happy start of the new week!
Scott Ambler and I have put together a survey that will collect some additional data that he will present at the Agile 2008 conference next month. Please take the survey and pass it on to any local lists or contacts you have.
The cool thing about the outcome of this — and other data we collect — is that it is shared for all to use and analyze as you want.
Here is more info:
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We have put together a survey exploring the adoption rate of various Agile
practices and of the 12 agile principles. The survey is posted at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4FN_2bty_2bYE0Mhb7yQPZKWtg_3d_3d
and will take 5 minutes to complete.
It will run until August 2 2008.
As with other surveys the results will be posted online at
www.ambysoft.com/surveys/. We’re taking an open approach to this survey in that the source data, with the exception of identifying information to protect people’s privacy, will be posted online. We’re sharing the data with the community so that everyone may analyze it for their own purposes — you won’t have to rely on us to analyze it for you. We’ll also post the original questions as they were asked as well as a slide deck summarizing our analysis. All of these assets can be used free of charge. Scott will also be sharing the results at the forthcoming Agile 2008 conference, www.agile2008.org, here in his home town of Toronto the first week of August.
We’re not going to bribe you with promises to win a book or a gift certificate. Instead, we’re asking you to give back to the community by spending a few minutes to share your agile experiences with the IT community. The results of this survey will be a shared asset that we can all take advantage of.
Thank you very much for your attention, and we sincerely hope that you will choose to take a few minutes of your valuable time to fill out this survey. Our apologies if you have received several copies of this email.
- Scott Ambler and Mike Vizdos
Hiya,
Wow what a day. What a week.
I finished up Day Two of the Vancouver CSM class yesterday. And wow… the changes that I see coming to Vancouver just based on the people leaving that class. Awesome people.
Today I played the plane game and landed in Phoenix tonight. 108 degrees when I landed. H.O.T. 104 when the sun was going down. Let’s hope the room is air conditioned for the next two days!
As you noticed, there are no videos that I promised on Monday night. I am hoping I can take 4 more videos tomorrow and put together a good show for you tomorrow night. We’ll see how it works and how the participants think about showing up on youtube and the net.
Until then…. Have a great evening or day!
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
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Good evening all.
Fear not, our “regular” comic strips will be continuing soon at the site. Tony (our artist) is taking some well-earned downtime with his family and if anything, Dominic (my son) will get us something to fill in next week.
So this week I am in Vancouver for a few days. I travel a lot (duh) and have been to over 25 countries. First time in Canada. For some reason my passport did not play well with their system. Spent over an hour in their “special room.” No strange probes in my exit only places. Just funny and humorous “Strange Brew” accents; which I actually did not mind with the hot babes doing the inquiries. O well. Life of a world traveler (smile).
So today I taught Day One of the CSM course. About 20 people, most of whom met for the first time. I actually recorded the output of one of the simulations I do, and will post it for you to view tomorrow night.
It is nothing exciting, but it does show you what total strangers can put together using Scrum in a simulated environment. They will not win any youtube video awards… but for regular readers, this will be interesting to see how different people produce totally different products from the same Product Backlogs. I may continue doing this with my public classes in the future…. fun stuff and good for learning.
I did not create a video of the debrief of the session; each one is different for each class. And I hope we can learn from what we see moving forward.
Have a great evening.
Am headed to Phoenix Wednesday morning to teach on Thursday and Friday.
Fun week.
Smile and I hope your Monday was awesome!
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
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Hi all.
Well, the pressure is on. With four major publishing houses on my BEhind about writing a book for them, I have got a few dozen ideas on format and content running around my head.
I do not want to publish just another Scrum book (zzzzzz).
Something useful.
That’s where you can come in. I hope.
Please provide comments or feedback here or send me an email.
It’s coming out of me.
Soon.
Format is TBD.
Gotta be easier to do than my first book (smile).
I am listening.
This one is for you, dear reader….
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
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