Support for Speakers

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I’ve been a conference speaker for 10 years; I’ve given many talks, been to many events, organized a few events, and now have Opinions (TM) about conference speaking. This tweet showed up in my feed when someone tweeted at me to thank me for my support in their talks.

Advice for conf speakers:

When someone you care for is speaking, sit in the first row. Be there for them. Laugh at their jokes, actually watch the talk (Twitter can wait), make yourself visible for them.

Be the audience you’d like to have, and next time you will have it.

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Retro #2 – 200 Articles in the Zone

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For the last seven years of my career, I have been living the Agile methodology.  Needless to say, participating in the periodic ceremonies have become commonplace for me.  

Following the example I created when my 100th article on DZone was published on April 5, 2017, my 200th article for DZone will be a retrospective of my last 99 articles – spanning from April 13, 2017 through August 24, 2017.  I plan to cover what fared well with DZone readers and what failed to connect to the same audience. 

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Is There Value in The Daily Standup Meeting?

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Recently I was teaching an overview class for new Scrum Masters. I was covering the five important events (meetings) in Scrum and had just introduced the Daily Standup Meeting (DSM), when a learner interrupted with the following question: “Given the cost to people’s work time and the cost to the corporation, do Scrum teams generally feel there is value in the Daily Standup Meeting?” He followed with, “How do you feel about the Daily Standup Meeting?”

A study was conducted at the University of Oslo Norway (V. Stray et al, 1997) to answer the first question. The method of study was a survey of professional software developers. Those conducting the survey received 221 responses from professionals who identified either as a general computer programmer or a web developer. Participation was voluntary, no compensation was given, and controls were placed to prevent the same respondent from answering more than once.

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How to apply Guerrilla Coaching for Agile Transformation

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"Coaching works because it’s all about you. When you connect with what you really want and why — and take action — magical things can happen." Emma-Louise Elsey

Why This Topic?

What can we do to prepare organizational culture for Agile transformation? In one of the brainstorming sessions, this idea was coined and we started elaborating it.

This thought came in a conversion with a couple of leaders where they are asking how we can rapidly do something to can change the organizational culture, the DNA of the people.

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Scrum Mastery: 5 Steps to Leverage the Organization

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This is the fifth in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery: Team Identity, Team Process, Product Value, and the Organization. In this post, we will explore the Organization dimension.

How is the organization enabling you to maximize the benefits of Scrum? How is the organization holding you back?

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Success Means Putting People and Process Above Tech [Video]

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"I don’t care about the tech — what I really want to hear is how this product fits in our processes and helps our people get more done."

That was the message my co-founder and I heard from an executive at a major bank last week. For us, it was both a deja vu and a major relief because we’d just presented at the Cablelabs Summer Showcase about the importance of aligning people, process, and technology together. The executive was pleased about how RackN had achieved that balance.

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12 Kick-Ass Software Prototyping and Mockup Tools

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Finding a piece of software for creating a quick prototype of your future application may seem like a trivial task. But software prototypes are created by different people for different reasons. It could be a business analyst trying to communicate her vision to a designer, a marketer working on a website with a web dev, or a project manager demonstrating a future mobile app to a client.

Since people use wireframing tools for different purposes, it would be nice to know which tool would be your best bet for your specific situation.

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Avoiding a Super Mario Bros. Approach to Building Features

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Have you ever played the video game Super Mario Bros.?

There is a good chance a majority of the DZone audience have played or watched someone play the flagship game from Nintendo, that was originally released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Five Agile Principles That Helped Me Run My First Marathon!

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I finished my first full marathon in Richmond, VA a couple of weeks back which was a huge accomplishment and a fulfilling experience. While I have run a couple of 10Ks and did a half-marathon last year, I was a bit intimidated thinking about the uphill task to run a full marathon until one of my leaders (who has run many!) asked me to think about it and join a marathon training team.

Instead, I downloaded a training plan and started following it religiously like “weekly Sprints.” As a part of this journey, I also included my team of newbie runners and inspired them to run a half-marathon. Although they were a bit wary in the beginning and frustrated at times when their runs were in 80+ degrees and extremely humid weather in the summer, they finished strong by completing 2 half-marathons this year!

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Projects and Products in Scrum

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"I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products." — Paris Hilton

Agile coaching is a journey into irony. One of the chief discoveries you can make on this voyage is that the more experienced you become, the worse at the job others often think you get.

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