Agile for mobile

Agile for mobile These are my notes from a presentation I gave Saturday at MobiCamp Boston 2. The pitch ... or maybe it's in the product development, too Software engineering is where you spend most of your effort, time, and money when you build your mobile app Scrum can help control your software engineering effort/time/expense [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:13:07-04:00March 25th, 2009|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Agile for mobile

Mobile success factors: how to succeed, how to fail

These are my notes from a presentation I gave Saturday at MobiCamp Boston 2. The pitch You are building a mobile app You want it to be successful How do you do that? Is there something in product development that you can control? Of course, but we all know how to build a great app, so [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:13:08-04:00March 24th, 2009|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mobile success factors: how to succeed, how to fail

Manage by commitment + manage by process == manage by Scrum

Donald Sull recently discussed three styles of management, with management by commitments as the winner, and management by process the runner up. I agree: these are key aspects of Scrum, and two of the reasons Scrum works. Sull's first style management is managing by power hierarchy. This is the old command-and-control style of management. This [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:13:09-04:00March 16th, 2009|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Manage by commitment + manage by process == manage by Scrum

Is It Done?

The question is a cliche among agile teams: what does Done mean? I recently heard a number of responses from two teams: It works so well we are willing to give it to the customer. I like this definition. These team members are proud of their work and are focused on pleasing the customer. The pilot has landed the airplane [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:13:09-04:00March 9th, 2009|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Is It Done?
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