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Perfection Is An Unrealistic Goal

Presented by Linda Rising on Jan 27, 2009

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Agile
Topics
Change
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Patterns and Practices ,
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QCon San Francisco 2007 ,
Patterns
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Summary
In this presentation filmed during QCon SF 2007, Linda Rising tried to approach agility from a different perspective, that of how we are wired to work and sleep, which turns out to be very similar to iterations. The conclusion was that we are not to do agile, but to rather be agile.

Bio
Linda Rising is an independent software consultant with a background in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in object-based design metrics. A proponent of patterns and their application in the workplace, Linda and Mary Lynn Manns are the authors of Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas, and editor of Design Patterns in Communications Software, The Pattern Almanac 2000, and The Patterns Handbook.

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thank you by Jure http://blog.regulus.si Posted Jan 28, 2009 12:47 PM
Another way to timebox your working efforts in a day by Andy Marks Posted Jan 29, 2009 5:01 PM
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    thank you

    Jan 28, 2009 12:47 PM by Jure http://blog.regulus.si

    Nice topic!

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    Another way to timebox your working efforts in a day

    Jan 29, 2009 5:01 PM by Andy Marks

    I haven't tried this myself, but I'm interested in the Pomodoro technique to teams working, which gels quite nicely with Linda's suggestions for focussed work periods (90 minutes in her case), followed by break out time.

    Reply

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