My arsenal of blockchain jokes would seem limitless, so I’m as surprised as anyone that I’m sharing this – Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) on the blockchain. Regardless of one’s opinions about the value of “digital goods”, in 2019 $35B of digital goods were purchased in video games alone. That’s a lot of real $$$ for Read more
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Not about school
Consider this a parable of sorts for those building products. I’ll leave it up to the reader to determine its meaning. Carl is a senior in high school and has a D in Algebra II heading into the last semester. He wants to bring his grade up to a B so that he can qualify Read more
Agile project management in 2017
The Agile Manifesto turns 16 this year. Scrum turns 22 years old. The grandfather of Agile and Scrum – Lean Manufacturing – has been around much longer, nearly 70 years with the advent of the Toyota Production System (TPS). Put in that perspective, Agile project management is not the new kid on the project management Read more
Everyone is doing Agile and Lean
Agile and Lean are old news. Everyone uses and abuses the lexicons. Have a short daily meeting? Call it a daily Scrum. Trying to deliver something in a relatively short period of time? Call it a Sprint or iteration. Have a board with post-it notes in swim lanes? Kanban at your service. Writing some tests? Read more