Steve Neiderhauser

Agile Architecture

When I'm coaching Agile projects, people often ask how to handle architecture when all the requirements are not defined up front.

Scott Ambler gives us 13 Agile architecture strategies.  My advice is to pick two or three and start practicing them.  As you practice, your understanding will grow and embolden you to use many more.

 

Structural Backbone of Scrum

Jeff Sutherland showcases the structure of Scrum in a video presentation.

Did you know the Scrum burn down chart is a metaphor for landing a fighter jet?

Age of the Artist is Now

Seth Godin explains why getting back to basics and working harder no longer guarantee a steady career and paycheck.

It's the age of the artist.

Service Design

How is service design done in your company?  There's probably a default model in place... it's just that no one's thought about it.

Seth Godin gives you three quick tips.

Tip 2 tells us to run a customer service audit.  That's powerful because the designer of the service is forced to become the consumer of the service.  Frustrating customer experiences can be scripted to delightful.