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Lining up in the Ocean

It’s about how fast we can be wrong with our conclusions. I often see that we detect an alledged new issue, not realizing that the same anomaly was already there before. It’s easier and faster to judge without collecting the facts first. Things that ma…

Patched UFOs

When developers state, they didn’t change anything but one line of code, they actually believe that themselves. It’s just that they have a bias towards forgetting all the work they’ve done (plus their colleagues’) before their last coffee break.

Sprint Review #37

An agile team is one that continually focuses on doing its best work and delivering the best possible product. In our experience, this involves a ton of discipline, learning, time, experiementation, and working together.[Crispin – Agi…

Gung-Ho Tester

Last Friday, in the “daily”, Cindy handed over a draft of her own doodled sketch about me. I was really surprised and found it brilliant. I promised her to put the sketch into my style cartoon over the weekend and here we go.ThanX. I never met someone …

Analyzing Lenny’s flight paths

We are tracking the routes of animals all over the world. Some birds have already become famous like Lenny the stork whose annual airtrip to Spain and back to his home at Basel Zoo is observed by over 1500 fans. Lenny has a transmitter and everyone can…

Story Points at Coco Beach bar

Consider you asking a waiter how long it takes to deliver the meal and all he says is: “Can’t tell you that, but I can tell you how complex it is to prepare”. That’s what story points are about. I already wrote about story points in the last post but c…