I needed a calendar print-out, and Google found me this excellent site that generates calendars for you, complete with local holidays. And with lots of customization features. Generate, print, and take it to your next planning meeting to scribble on.
Tidningen Ny Teknik skriver om hur Ericsson bland annat upptäckt hur dagliga byggen kan hjälpa utvecklingsarbetet, och att produktledningen och support måste hänga med när utvecklingsprojekten börjar bli effektivare.
In the article pointed to in my last post, Pascal van Cauwenberghe used the “Evaporating Cloud” technique to attack a dilemma. Frank Patrick writes more about this and other thinking tools.
Pascal Van Cauwenberghe writes on how the characterization of problems as having to do with either people or process is a false dichotomy, and explores how we can sneak a liberating third option into this dilemma: http://blog.nayima.be/blog/Entry20060121.html.
In an article from year 2000, Fast Company asks a number of managers the essential question ‘What makes teams work?
Why not spend fifteen lovely minutes and try Ruby, courtesy of “Why, the Lucky Stiff”. Great idea, great implementation. What will be the next thing we can try out on the net?
Jim Womack writes about the origins of the expression lean.
I don’t know enough about how to write good user stories (I know, I know, I’m falling behind here), but I’ll try to fix this as soon as possible. I’ll begin by reading what I can find on the net, and continue with Mike Cohn’s book on the topic. Here are some links to what I’ve found so far.