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Middle of the Road CIOs are Getting Hit by the Innovation Truck
By Brian Lucas “It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.” -Alvin Toffler The other day I heard a manager state that he was “a middle of the road kind of guy.” At times in the...
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Scott Ambler on The Glacial Methodology™ Workshop: A Data-Centric Software...
I love a tongue in cheek satire especially about dogmatically held beliefs. Here is a great one by Scott Ambler. It could readily be applied to those who believe in creating copious amounts of...
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A Simple Definition of Kanban Leads to Agile Productivity
By Brian Lucas “If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell…” – Meister Eckhart I was discussing Kanban the other day with several people who were very confused by the concepts. One viewed...
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What do you do with an entrenched skeptic?
By Brian Lucas “Facts are stubborn things; whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – JOHN ADAMS What can you...
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Tips for Using Microsoft TFS with Agile
By Brian Lucas While I don’t, as a policy, generally make product recommendations; I do feel comfortable offering tips and tricks about a particular tools use. Particularly a very popular one....
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Using Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server to Your Agile Best
By: Dave Smith and Brian Lucas Since I posted the first set of tips about TFS usage for agile, I received so many requests for additional information that my friend and colleague Dave and I happily...
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My Agile Bookshelf
By Brian Lucas To all my loyal readers and hopefully many more new ones; you have asked many times for agile book recommendations. Well here they are! I usually purchase ecopies of books like this...
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What Every CIO Should Know about Agile Architectures
By Brian Lucas Agile concepts, techniques and technologies are much in demand today. Many organizations have astounding success with agile, while others experience failure, sometimes horrifically....
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Is Agile Really Mission Impossible?
By Brian Lucas “Your mission should you decide to accept it…” voice of Robert Cleveland “Bob” Johnson. Acted to the theme music of Lalo Schifrin, is Agile really mission impossible? You are in a tense...
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A Certification does not an Agilist Make
By Brian Lucas This one is for Elaine of the golden hair. Angels above blush at thy beauty. “Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a...
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Rules, Rules Everywhere and Never an Agilist in Sight!
By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to my dear friend Pat – always a friend in deed!” “There are no rules here — we’re trying to accomplish something.” – Thomas Edison This is one of my favorite...
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Epics, Story Mapping and Kanbans Make a Unified Agile View
By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to the lovely Jennifer, my dear and loyal friend, who found inspiration, dared to be creative and discovered a new world of possibilities. Your future has a bright...
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Turning Damnable Iteration into Elegant Stepwise Refinement in Agile
By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to “little Buddy” who passed on before he got a chance to live and “little Bear” in the hope he will live long and in the infinite happiness of puppy-hood all his...
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What Went Wrong at healthcare.gov
By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to Sally, “Di politica nunquam nos!” “Truth never damages a cause that is just.” ― Mahatma Gandhi By now most of America knows that the healthcare.gov website one...
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STOP THE INSANITY OF DOGMATIC THINKING IN AGILE!!!
By Brian Lucas This one is for everyone who struggles to change the dogmatic processes that the ignorant employ in a futile attempt to control what they don’t truly understand. “In essentials, unity;...
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