All by myself: looking back on a quarter of agile writing
A few weeks ago I was teaching an OKR workshop for product owners. When I mentioned I am writing a book in sprints, I received furtive laughter. I'm not sure why. Maybe the PO's felt I was taking agile too far. Or perhaps, more likely, they thought agile or scrum can't be done just by yourself. The rule is: you need a team. And a PO. Who is not the team. Rules. If there's one concern I have about agile and scrum, is that is so overly protocolled, it's killing off all the free
Getting closure: the gentle art of making ends meet
Before we get to closure, first some disclosure: I've struggled to finish the past couple of sprints. And because of that I haven't been posting any release notes, choosing to spend the time that I did have on the book itself. Oh well, I learned an important lesson: holidays ruin your sprint rhythm. Sense of an ending The past sprints I've been busy sharpening the ending. In my first draft I worked 'chronologically': writing chapter 1, then 2, etc. This time I'm looking to fi
