One marshmallow, 20 pieces of spaghetti, a bit of string and some tape. How can children learn agile leadership and life skills with those items you ask? Welcome to the Marshmallow Challenge!
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
(Upper Lynn Elementary, North Vancouver, May 11, 2011) The challenge was on today for Mrs Horner’s Grade 3 class to learn a few life lessons and have fun while doing it! The students were asked to build the tallest, freestanding structure with a marshmallow on the top made only using spaghetti, string and tape. Who would have thought a marshmallow weighed so much? And so the learning begins.
Active parents Dave Sharrock, agile42 Coach and Doug Jaremchuk who consult in Lean and Agile methods felt that the Marshmallow Challenge was not only beneficial for corporate executives, but also a ...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
we have 2 of the best technical Scrum Coaches in the world joining our next Scrumtisch in Berlin :-)
Andrea Tomasini and Richard Lawrence will be at the Scrumtisch in April to talk about TDD (Test Driven Development) and ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development)
As far as I know them, they might do a real session and developing some test together with you.
Date: Monday 11th April 2011 Time: 18:30 Place: Klosterstr. 71, Berlin (at Hypoport)
After we go for Dinner and Drinks somewhere :-)
Please let me know as usuall if you like to join the Scrumtisch Berlin ...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
Andrea Tomasini is having a keynote on the ReConf in March which is the most famous conference for Requirement Engineering in Europe. (March 14.-17. 2011)
Andrea's Keynote will be on Wednesday, March 16th - 09:00-10:00 a.m.
Abstract
From the Product Vision to a Running Software... and back again, an agile coach story by Andrea Tomasini
Eliciting Requirements and breaking them down into actionable tasks is a challenge that requires both creativity and a systematic and analytical approach. Applying agility to Requirement Engineering, means much more than focusing on full bandwidth communication instead of documentation ...
Hello everybody and a Happy New Year,
Good news just at the beginning at the year ;-)
For the next Scrumtisch Lyssa Adkins followed my invitation to have a speech at our Berlin Scrumtisch. She w...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
Good news just at the beginning at the year ;-)
For the next Scrumtisch Lyssa Adkins followed my invitation to have a speech at our Berlin Scrumtisch. She will talk about Coaching Agile Teams :-)
Due to the fact, that she gives her helds training on the 17./18. Feb. we can use these days for the Scrumtisch too :-)
Place: Klosterstrasse 71 (Nähe Alexanderplatz) bei der Firma Hypoport Date & Time: 17. February, 19:00 starting with open end
Please let me know who will join the next Scrumtisch :-)
Have a great time and cu there ...
Today the last Scrumtisch Berlin in 2010 took place in Friedrichshain. Thanks to Marion Eickmann and Andrea ...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
Though no presentation had been scheduled ahead of time the Scrumtisch was well attended by over twenty people, mostly from companies based in Berlin who are either using Scrum already or are currently in a transition phase.
We went straight into collecting and voting on topics for discussion. In total we ended up having eight potential topics listed, including but not limited to
* Scrum and non-feature teams, does it work - and ...
Visti agile42 at the ISACA CALGARY 2010 FALL CONFERENCE
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
The ISACA Calgary Chapter is presenting a professional development opportunity on November 25, 2010. This conference will provide you with relevant learning, give you an opportunity to network with others in the professional community and also provide 9 CPE hours - all in one day.
Dave Sharrock, VP Professional Services will talk about:
Agile meets Audit: Meeting Information Security Requirements with Agile Teams
Lyssa Adkins followed my invitation to do her Training **Coaching Agile Teams** in Berlin. She offers a special price for our Scrumtisch. But also other guys can attend :-)
**Date:** 17./18. Februa...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
Lyssa Adkins followed my invitation to do her Training Coaching Agile Teams in Berlin. She offers a special price for our Scrumtisch. But also other guys can attend :-)
Date: 17./18. February Place: Berlin, tbd
Prices & Registration
Sorry, we are sold out.
About the Training
Coaching Agile Teams is a training experience that covers both the being and the doing of agile coaching:
Outcome
You’ll walk away from each of the two courses with your personal coaching improvement backlog – a tangible plan you can use to thoughtfully improve your coaching when you’re back in your daily circumstances. We ...
During the agile15 (minutes) we talk, listen and discuss about interesting agile topics. Today it's all about The Definition of ...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
This evening the Berlin Scrumtisch took place in Friedrichshain. More than thirty participants followed Marion's invitation for discussions ...
Isabel Drost
I am committer at Apache Mahout. In my free time I am working on Apache Mahout, organising the Apache Hadoop Get Together in Berlin and speaking at various conferences explaining the ins and outs of Hadoop in general and Mahout in particular.
This evening the Berlin Scrumtisch took place in Friedrichshain. More than thirty participants followed Marion's invitation for discussions on Scrum, wine and pizza at Vecchia Trattoria.
As there were several new participants, Felix started out with a very brief summary of the very core concepts of Scrum itself: Most important to know is the basic assumption of Scrum, that is planning ahead of time in a very detailed way is impossible. Defining goals and letting those who do the actual work take the decisions on how to reach that goal is way easier and more promising. The whole process ...
Team Estimation Game Start with a stack of ranked story cards. The team will arrange the cards so the ...
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
Start with a stack of ranked story cards. The team will arrange the cards so the smallest size items are on the left and the largest items on the right. Items with the same or similar size should grouped together in vertical columns (the same place in the left-right direction).
Place the first (highest ranked) story card in the middle of the table (or in the middle of the board or wall)
Team members take turns estimating in a round-robin manner. On each turn, the player has two options, as shown below. With both options, the player ...
Marion Eickmann
