Leadership of a Team: Progress and Backlogs

I’ve been checking out a number of teams and what their workloads look like. I’ve of course worked on more than few with completely disparate practices and policies. Some where really good at making great progress and others were absolutely horrendous. I’d argue one team actually went backwards in progress more than a few times.... Continue reading →

Oh Snap, Got That Kanban w/ Github Integration!!

A recent issue came up on the team yesterday. We needed to increase the visibility of what we’re working on without dragging ourselves into more one on one or team communication. As anyone that has spent more than 5 minutes with a team knows, meetings kill productivity and morale, so the idea to get a... Continue reading →

Ward Cunningham Presenting “Missing from the Beginning: The Federation of Wikis” @ #nodepdx

This is the seventh in a series of posts about the individual speakers lined up for… Ward Cunningham Presenting at CyborgCamp. Photo: Mark Coleman http://markcolemanphoto.com/ I’m extremely happy to introduce Ward Cunningham. He’ll be presenting “” at NodePDX. Here’s a description of what he’ll be presenting on in his words. Our new wiki innovates three... Continue reading →

Urban Lean Agile Tech Breakfast Meetup, Be There This Wednesday!

Are you hard core into technology and software development like Node.js, JavaScript, Ruby, Rails, .NET, Java, Clojure and more? Do you like the ideas behind the agile manifesto, lean startup, kanban, and thinking outside of the box? Are you digging that ASP.NET MVC Framework or waiting for the next ALT.NET meetup? Loving that ease of... Continue reading →