Dec 21, 2020

As the co-creator of Scrum and an Agile Manifesto author, Jeff Sutherland needs little introduction in the agile community.

Jeff originally designed and developed Scrum based on principles from Takeuchi and Nonaka in their landmark Harvard Business Review article, A New, New Product Development Game.

He also...

Dec 15, 2020

So, we’ve kicked off the Agile Caravanserai series! So far, we’ve heard from Jim Highsmith, Alistair Cockburn and Bob Martin.  I hope you’ve enjoyed hearing from these authors of the Agile Manifesto.   Each one of them has a unique perspective, based on their own particular experiences and backgrounds.

However, as...

Dec 1, 2020

Bob Martin is one of the 17 Agile Manifesto signatories, and the creator of the Clean Code and Clean Agile movements.  

“Uncle Bob” as he is affectionately known, is the author of 6 books on agile, and a doyen of the software craftsmanship approach.

I first met Bob at one of the first XP Universe conferences in the...

Nov 18, 2020

Alistair Cockburn is one of the 17 signatories of the Agile Manifesto, the author of the Crystal methodology and the founder of the Heart of Agile movement.  

Back in 2002, Alistair wrote the seminal book, Agile Software Development: A Cooperative Game and brought his unique methodologist’s eye to agile methods. 

I...

Nov 10, 2020

Jim Highsmith is one of the 17 signatories who met in Snowbird, Utah and gave us the gift of the Agile Manifesto. 

For two decades, Jim has inspired me with his example of pragmatic agility. His model of leadership-collaboration has stood the test of time as an alternative to the traditional command and control...