In case you missed it, I recently gave a talk on the interwebs about, “Agile Certification: Certified ScrumMaster or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner? Which one is right for you?” Since the start of the Agile movement, the only certification that has meant anything has been the Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) credential. While it’s still the most widely known and held Agile certification in the world, things started to change earlier this year...
Kanban is a Tool, NOT a Solution
There has been a lot of interest lately in so-called “Kanban.” While it would greatly alleviate my personal angst to discuss the use of this term, what it really is/means and so forth, that would likely only be interesting to me (and a few other pedantic people who will remain nameless). Instead, I want to talk about taking an Agile approach to what is generally more predictable work than new product development (e.g. for support teams).