Hi all,
A few weeks ago I spent some time asking about some plans for myself and implementingscrum.com for 2009. This post is located here and there are some great comments.
Thank you.
This week there was no cartoon — partly because a client cancelled and I thought I’d grab my boys for an impromptu vacation down to South Florida. Not a bad place to crash for a week. Remember — work hard and play hard (smile).
Hmmm.
2009 is less than what, six weeks away.
I’ll be asking for your committment to follow me and help me with this coming year.
And.
Tony and I will keep the comics coming to you for free.
Happy weekend.
- mike vizdos
www.implementingscrum.com
www.michaelvizdos.com
Think about the last time you read a book.
Non-fiction? Fiction? It really does not matter.
And this book you read… what did you DO after you read the book?
Did you put it back on your book shelf?
Did you even finish it (smile — you see, *I* start a LOT of books!)
And there it gathers dust until one day… for some reason… you got the urge to pick it back up again.
Started at the beginning.
Or maybe a few pages back from where you left your bookmark.
And.
What did you learn after re-reading the same book again?
Anything?
Think. Really Think. [challenge ON my reader!]
Now.
What if you read a bunch of books on a topics after using Google to search for “Scrum.” [Note: Page 1 baby!]
And.
What if you read a bunch of cool blogs on the topic of Scrum (like www.implementingscrum.com or my personal site at www.michaelvizdos.com).
And.
Did nothing with that information.
Until.
One day, you took a class from someone experienced who tied together the real-life version with the book version of the topic.
Then.
You went back and read the “books” again.
What happened?
Was it the same experience or were you able to read it from a totally new perspective?
Please share via comments…. I am looking forward to continue learning with you!
Thank you,
- mike vizdos
Hi all.
I need your help.
Actually… my plans for 2009 depend on your input.
Wow.
Imagine a blank sheet of paper in front of you.
I am doing that now. Actually, it has been blank for a little while.
I am in analysis paralysis.
So.
Here is what I need from you….
My goal for 2009 is to show how Scrum works in the real world using a creative manner with real world people.
What would you do?
Zero constraints.
Well. One.
I am going to use Scrum to implement whatever I do.
I have some ideas brewing. Which I will share in this comment thread in a bit.
I’d like to hear your ideas.
Blank sheet of paper.
Go :).
Please put your ideas in the comment section on this blog entry.
And spread the word about this for me.
My 2009 depends on it (smile).
In advance, let me say a sincere, “Thank you.”
And let’s see where it leads me…. Or us as a community.
- mike vizdos
Hi all,
Today I faciliated a 1/2 day experiential report about Scrum by using Scrum.
It was in Boston with an awesome group of about 36 people in attendance.
Nobody really knew other people in the audience prior to the meeting. Wow, how things changed using Scrum.
As usual, I put the trust in the team and they were mega successful.
Readers both on RSS and my awesome e-mail subscibers can both view the presentation at www.implementingscrum.com/sd.
E-mail readers — look familiar?
RSS Reader? You MAY really want to get subscribed via email so you can see some great content behind that presentation.
No.
The presentation was not just that powerpoint slide.
It was used to show what Scrum looks like at a high level.
Then.
We used Scrum to answer questions from the group about Scrum.
Huh?
If I can get a high speed connection tomorrow, I’ll send the updates to the page and notify you so you can see what happended.
Actually.. I have been taping a lot of exercise outputs.
Amazing patterns — and anti-patterns emerge.
Thought this was more important than a comic strip tonight.
Which, by the way I have on me (smile) and is ready to go.
But.
I thouht this information would help a lot of you out there.
Comments as usual are more than welcome.
Hasta Manana.
- mike vizdos
PS –> Think about the last time you read a book and then went through something like the book in real life. What happened? We’ll examine that tomorrow night with the comic strip. Sorry I know I could not keep you hanging all night. You’re welcome for the awesome foreshadowing (smile).
Hi all.
Thought this was interesting:
http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-espn-renames-scrumcom-espnscrumcom-killing-its-best-asset/
Kind of makes http://www.implementingscrum.com/2006/10/02/scrum-get-out-the-vaseline/ into a conspiracy theory.
Not really.
But fun to think about.
Maybe not.
:).
- mike vizdos
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