I promised more detail about One-on-Ones. Over time, I’m planning to cover each item on my One-on-One agenda. As a refresher, here is my agenda for a half-hour One-on-One meeting:
One-on-Ones: Agenda Item One
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Category Archives: agile
P-Camp – Why Agile Projects Succeed
Last Saturday, I led two sessions at P-Camp. The first was “Agile 101”, and you can read about how that went here. The second session was “Why do Agile Projects Succeed (or Fail)?” In this session, the participants shared over 20 practices that they felt were key to the success of their past agile projects. Here we are discussing an idea.
P-Camp – Agile 101
I spent yesterday at p-camp, an unconference for agile product managers. The event was hosted at Yahoo! and put on by the folks at Enthiosys. I led two sessions: Agile 101, and Why do Agile Projects Succeed (or Fail)? This post is about the Agile 101 session. Watch for future posts about my other session, and some more pictures.
IEEE Technology Management Council Meets Tomorrow
Panel Discussion
Today’s engineering managers need to be able to manage projects where some, or even all, of the engineers are located offshore. While the situation is becoming more common, the challenges and opportunities are still not widely understood. On the evening of March 6, the Silicon Valley IEEE Technology Management Council is bringing together 4 panelists, with diverse backgrounds and experience, to answer your questions about managing with offshore engineers.
Dear XP
I’m very enthusiastic about agile software development. I have a special place in my heart for eXtreme Programming (XP), which was where I started with agile. That said, I don’t have anything on these guys.
Grand Central
One of the secrets to being a great engineering manager is mastering the fine art of coordinating the work of others; keeping all the parts moving in sync. Or perhaps, not moving in sync… or maybe I just thought this was so cool I wanted to post it and the reference to engineering management is just an excuse…
IEEE Group Answers: “What makes an engineering manager great?”
Last night the San Francisco / Silicon Valley IEEE Technology Management Council met to examine the question: “What makes an engineering manager great?” Nearly 30 people participated. Over 40 good ideas were presented and considered. In the end the group ranked the following skills, attributes, and behaviors most important.
IEEE Presents: What Makes Engineering Managers Succeed?
Have you worked for a great manager? What were the qualities that made him or her stand out from the rest? Share your experience and tap into the collective wisdom that will be present. We will uncover the most important qualities and skills for a technical manager to posses.
Tonight (Wednesday, January 30), I will be facilitating this workshop for the IEEE San Francisco / Silicon Valley Technology Management Council. The event is open to the public, and will be held at the Ramada Silicon Valley. Details here.
Patterns of Agile Adoption
Mike Cohn has a great article in the Agile Journal in which he describes ‘patterns’ of agile adoption. The basic premise is that there are 3 choices that an organization needs to make about their agile rollout:
xkcd
“Do you read xkcd?” It seemed like an innocent question when my friend Patti asked me last night. I didn’t hear the faint sucking sound. You know the one, the sound of a bunch of time about to go away. I laughed. I cried. I sent links to friends.
