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What is MVP?
"Think big, start small, learn fast". I chose this sentence to start the text because it...
Retrospection about a killer project
In 2013, for two months I was involved on a killer project. An amazing team came together in one day to work on a rescue project. The team delivered timely and exceeding expectations. It was composed by 6 developers, one tester, one PO, one architect, and one...
One Week Inception – presentation
Below is the one week inception presentation that Tainã Caetano and I (Paulo Caroli) have delivering on a few events, including the AgileBrazil 2013. The coolest thing about this presentation: it is a sequence of photos taken on real Inceptions. Agile br...
Esther Derby on self organizing teams
I was nodding my head and agreeing with so many points raised by EstherDerby on her Self Organizing Teams session on the 2012 NDCOslo conference. Esther Derby - What Does Self-Organizing Team Really Mean? from NDCOslo on Vimeo. Esther Derby - What Does...
fire prevention and firefighting
Moving around large Agile projects, I came across a common situation that hinders the team performance. Individuals cannot allocate time for improving their work (and avoid future problems) because they are constantly firefighting current issues. It typically happens...
What am I managing?
When I first started PMing I used to manage people working. A few years went by. I changed. I realized I should manage the work and enable people. More years went by. I changed again. Today I came to the realization I should manage people expectation and enable the...
Making knowledge work visible
Below is a photo of an agile team working. It is a great example of knowledge work. Compare it with a manufacturing work on the photo below. The knowledge work goes on inside a developer's head. This makes it difficult to intervene if a developer needs help on the...