There are many ways to redefine a work environment to support greater creativity that have been discovered through experience, experimentation, and accident. At the same time, modern neuroscience suggests guidelines for deliberately designing conditions to enhance creativity, using our best understanding of how our brains work, learn, integrate, and create. How do we support, enable, […]
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Random Notes on Staying a Little Bit Organized
Almost exactly three years ago, I was trying to use David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”< (GTD) system, and I wasn’t seeing the benefits he promised. In the end, I found that it just helped me thrash. I suspect the problem was more my focus than his system—but at end of the day, his approach just […]
Learning Best Approaches for your Brain Slide Deck
As regular readers of this blog will know I’ve given a talk based on readings in Neuroscience, called “Learning Best Approaches for Your Brain” – several times this year (Agile 2009 and Agile Ottawa). After several requests I’m posting the slide deck (pdf) here – but I’m afraid that it will really only be useful […]
Why Scrum Works??
In the previous two posts in this series we examined how Scrum provides value to business and why. This post continues the second theme examining the remaining elements of Scrum. Artifacts Product Backlog Basics: The product backlog is a prioritized list of features of everything needed and wanted in the finished product. To minimize waste […]
Does Scrum Work? Hell Yes!!! Why
This is the second post in a series (thanks Mishkin for hosting the opener) – that discusses: Why does Scrum work? Why do any of the Agile Project Management methodology work? Final part here. Teams At the core of any successful development project is a team. The team can either work together as a group […]
Getting Things Done!!! Can’t keep track of all the tasks you have to do? Need a better tool to implement GTD?
Always chasing little scraps of paper around the office? Then consider “My Life Organized” as a task manager. (Short review, I five other tasks to achieve.)