At AgileNorth last week I was asked at the last minute to fill a vacancy left by a speaker who couldn’t make it. I cobbled together a session about “flow”, one of the underlying principles of Lean Thinking, and therefore also of agile software development. Here are a few links to materials and references I… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
I recently co-authored a paper with the developers at Codeweavers Ltd in which we describe their two-year journey from complete chaos to a highly evolved kanban-style software process. The paper has been accepted for XP2010, and you can now get the PDF from the Codeweavers developer blog. Well worth a read, because it shows in… [Read more…]
August 5, 2008
The latest edition of the Naked Agilists virtual magazine is a little different this time around — it’s a preview of this year’s Agile2008 conference. Adrian Mowat has done a fantastic job interviewing various members of the conference’s organising committee, and has put together a series of podcasts previewing what you can see on some… [Read more…]
January 22, 2008
Clarke Ching has now published the podcast of last Saturday’s Naked Agilists conference. You can download it by following the links from www.nakedagilists.com, or get it directly from Clarke’s blog. It’s a great 90 minutes of presentations and discussions, and the Naked Agilists website has links to the slides so you can follow the presentations… [Read more…]
January 19, 2008
Since our last great adventure in April 2007 it seems that Skypecasts have gone down the toilet somewhat. In fact, during our tests for tonight’s conference we never successfully managed to get more than one person in the Skypecast! So while we look around for decent technology for next time, tonight’s event will instead be… [Read more…]
November 25, 2007
Do you wish you could attend the Agile conferences and XP days, but can’t get the funding or the travel budget or the time off work? Well there is one agile event that you can even attend from your own bath — the Naked Agilists! Last year’s event was so successful that we’re running another.… [Read more…]
April 17, 2007
Last night's first AgileScotland / AgileNorth skypecast was a resounding success
April 15, 2007
The first AgileScotland / AgileNorth skype mini-conference is almost upon us
January 18, 2006
I'll be running my trusty Jidoka workshop again soon, this time at SPA2006 in March
I'm Kevin Rutherford, from Macclesfield in the UK. I'm an independent agile software coach and mentor, specialising in test-driven development, agile, lean and the theory of constraints.
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