I would be remiss if I did not follow up yesterday's post with an update on the first winter storm of the year in Fargo-Moorhead. It turns out that this one was a bit of doozy. The freezing rain caused a bunch of electrical poles to snap due to the...

I heeded the advice of the weathermen who advised no travel today and didn't go into the office. We are expecting 5-10" of snow and strong winds over the next 18 hours or so, so I think staying home to work is a good plan. School was cancelled today as...

I was reminded this afternoon of one my favorite ways of thinking about software development, that it is a 'cooperative game of invention and communication' . Alistair Cockburn is the author of this and you can read more about it here . The longer version...

If you haven't heard about it, Doug Burgum is stepping aside as the leader of the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) group. After a successor is found, he will become the Chairman of MBS with a focus on evangelizing our products and services worldwide...

Last week, eWeek published an article titled Microsoft Lauds 'Scrum' Method for Software Project . David Treadwell, a Corporate Vice President in the Developer Division, has some quotes on the growing use of Scrum and other agile methods at Microsoft...

When I first heard the analogy between what happens in the military with what we want to do from an agile project management perspective, I was skeptical. But after I've had it explained to me by a peer a couple of times, I understand and agree with the...

I am leaving on a trip to visit our office in Copenhagen tomorrow. One of my goals is to visit with some teams in my peer group over there that have recently started to use Scrum. That started me thinking about how I would know if Scrum is helping their...