David Bulkin

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@svpino I have been building software for almost 40 years and I deliver certified training. Nothing of what you explain is agile and you already know that. Don’t blame Scrum or certified training, blame bad Scrum and bad training.

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@svpino You mention that people expect 500 story points to mean the same thing across projects. Once again, as you already know, story points are relative, so expecting two teams to use them in the same way is illogical.

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@svpino You mentioned that story points measure complexity but not time, and then had to figure out how much fits into a Sprint. Story points represent relative time, not complexity. If you have to peel 1,000 potatoes manually it will take a long time but it is certainly not complex.

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@svpino What you describe is not agile, so, your quote should be, stop doing fake agile.

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@robindymond @dhommel @samlaing @andreasschliep @RonJeffries @chethendrickson @CurlyPeter If we make it SW specific, it can later be extended to non SW teams.

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@robindymond @dhommel @samlaing @andreasschliep @RonJeffries @chethendrickson @CurlyPeter Want to cover the practical things teams do to "be" agile. Or said another way, instead of covering ceremonies, cover the "Work"!

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See me at Agile 2015, Thursday August 6, at 2:00 PM, Making Agile work in the DoD with Verlisa Taylor. Real case study, real take-aways.

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See me at Agile 2015, Wed at 3:45, Global Teams: Cracking the Culture Code with Mike Palladino #Agie2015

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Waterfall: Don't trust others, but trust your assumptions.

Agile: Trust others, but don't trust your assumptions.

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If you are at Agile Tour in Philly today, I have two talks, would love to see you @lithespeed

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@ScrumAlliance @LitheSpeed Thanks to Carol McEwan and team at Scrum Alliance, Jeff and Ken for providing much needed clarity.

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@menloprez Why they hand write stories on cards. "We never want a story in the system that wasn’t read by the person who wrote it." #SGBER

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@menloprez At the end of the meeting, ask the boss what we decided not to work on? #SGBER @lithespeed

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@menloprez Talking about a weekly demo: When the client comes in, they show us the work we have done for them for five days. #SGBER

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@menloprez In respect to pair programming, “boy do we save on computers”. #SGBER @lithespeed

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@menloprez In respect to open space, “most companies tear down the walls and put a bunch of people who hate each other together.” #SGBER

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@menloprez We want to see the work of our hearts, hands and mind get out into the world. #SGBER

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@menloprez Put me in a room full of manure, I will start digging until I find the pony. #SGBER @lithespeed

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@menloprez When we put in the bureaucracy, “We go from the land of getting nothing done to the land of getting nothing started.” #SGBER

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@AyTJK @ScrumAlliance @SGBER Thanks to Markus Roth for being the tour guide as explored truly open space.