allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business

A few days ago I pushed out a couple of Tweets which got quite a reaction: “I am fed up hearing developers complain of Technical Debt as if...

I increasingly feel that the way I interpret Agile, the practices and the processes, if different to the rest of the world. Perhaps this is...

Business Patterns for Software Developers is now out! Early too! See for yourself: Some frequently asked questions: Q: How long did it take ...

If you’ve ever found the time to read Tom Gilb’s work - and I’m thinking specifically of Competitive Engineering here - you’ll know that h...

The Oxford Dictionary of English on my Kindle defines: Psychopathy n. mental illness or disorder. Psychopathic is more interesting: Psychopa...

Quick follow up to the last entry about Dialogue Sheets. I’ll be doing a evening session at Skills Matter on the sheets next month - 13 Feb...

Happy new year! - my opening missive for the new year is elsewhere... I’ve written more about Retrospective Dialogue Sheets for this weeks ...

My work in Cornwall, helping companies adopt Agile approaches to software development, is set to continue into the new year - so more jokey ...

When I was doing my Masters degree I had it hammered into me: credit your sources, don’t plagiarise. To this day I take pride in trying to ...

In my last blog entry I discussed a Xanpan board layout which allows for planned and unplanned work to co-exist in one workflow. Here is a...