<plug>I teach a one-day class on retrospectives. It’s in Swedish only for now, but if that’s not an obstacle, you should read about it on the Citerus web site.</plug> I love to use the user story format when I help teams plan their work. It can sometimes be hard to break user stories down into […]
Author Archives: Tobias Fors
Att lära sig tillsammans – Agila Sverige 2009
På konferensen Agila Sverige 2009 gjorde jag ett blixttal på temat lättrörlighet och lärande, med titeln “Att lära sig tillsammans”. Konferensarrangörerna filmade alla tal, och mitt har nyligen blivit publicerat. Bäddar in det här nedan. Lära sig tillsammans – Tobias Fors from agilasverige on Vimeo.
Agile Testing
I spent the better part of last week at the Eurostar 2009 testing conference in Älvsjö, Sweden. I’ve never worked as a professional tester myself, but the topic of testing is gradually becoming more interesting now that more effective and humane approaches to testing are spreading widely. My reason to go to the conference was to meet […]
Learning-first Product Development, an Interview With Michael Kennedy
I just published an interview with product development expert/author/consultant Michael Kennedy. You should check it out! http://www.citerus.se/pnehm/kennedy
Svensk bok om Scrum på gång
På AYE-konferensen häromveckan nämnde jag i förbifarten för Jerry Weinberg att jag håller på att skriva en bok, och att jag kommit ganska långt med den, även om den är långt ifrån klar. Jag följer Jerrys råd att helt enkelt först skriva den bok jag själv vill skriva, för att sedan se om den är […]
Ackoff’s 95% (Cannot manage them the same way)
I’m currently cleaning up my trusty old Mac Mini G4. I’ve been cleaning out old stuff I don’t need to save, and a few days ago I installed a cheap 1 gig of memory. That upgrade did not make the machine notably faster. Today, however, I ran a bunch of maintenance tools, which seemed to […]
David Schmaltz: McMethod
In his newsletter, David Schmaltz writes: “I’ve taken an article I previously published and reconfigured it into a format that seems to play into the shrinking attention spans and expanding information need. A Bed Time Story.” David is here to remind us to trust ourselves, not just pre-packaged methods. Here is one of his efforts […]
Feeling Welcome at the AYE Conference
Out of all the conferences out there, the Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference is surely one of the most curious. Started in 2000 as a challenge (so he told me) from Jerry Weinberg (“so do you think you can do better”) to his protégés who were complaining about talking-heads conferences (“of course we can”), the AYE […]
Thank you, Jerry Weinberg
Jerry, we’ve only known each other for a couple of years, but look at all the things you’ve managed to help me with already. You’ve helped me: See that consulting fits for me, because trying to understand the world and improve it is what makes me tick Become a better consultant, by using more of […]
Centralized Services in Software Development
Reading a blog post by Tripp Babbitt reminded me of Ackoffs discussion on internal market economies in Re-Creating the Corporation. Babbitt’s blog post talks about how focusing on cost reductions often increases costs. One reason is that cost reductions are often approached by centralizing services in organizations. When this happens, a feedback loop is broken. […]