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TechWell's is coming to Orlando in October and I’ll be delivering two workshops: "Wrangling Your Untested Legacy Code" & "Essential Test-Driven Development with AI/LLM Assist"

Finally! My first in-person conference since...well, you know: "The Before Times."

*** Use code ADO24SPK for $200 off in-person packages. ***

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Henrik Kniberg is always awesome.

The resource utilization trap Henrik Kniberg explains the resource utilization trap, how it impacts our ability to deliver and what we can do about it.Visit http://www.crisp.se to find co...

Another remote Certified (CSD)/Advanced CSD(A-CSD) Omnibus bundle for only 1250USD! Scheduled to accommodate devs in the US, UK, EU (even further East?!) Your A-CSD journey begins here:

Certified Scrum Developer (CSD): Virtual Training! Date: Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2024 Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Central Venue: Virtual via Zoom Location: Online Training Instructor: Rob Myers Phone: 612-791-1388 Certified Scrum Developer REGISTER NOW

Another small team in India receives their Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) and the "secret" to creating valuable, high-quality software.

Is AI the Demise of TDD and BDD, or Their Future?, Wed, May 15, 2024, 5:30 PM | Meetup Rob Myers will share his thoughts and preliminary research on how AI/LLMs will alter the software development industry in the near future. His feelings on the topic have pa

Is “Agile” real, or a myth? Fifteen years after this article was first posted, you can still find real Agile Dragons…if you know where to look.

There Be Agile Dragons! (15 years later) — Agile Institute

To what lengths will your teams go to provide high quality & value?

The CSD/A-CSD Omnibus is back!

CSD/A-CSD Omnibus April 23-26 Take CSD followed immediately by A-CSD for a significant discount!

Running a special on Behavior Driven Development Essentials for up to 20 people (Instructor-led, remote, 4 days, private, whole teams only).

A fun whole-team course! And you work on *your team's actual software* for the 2nd half of the course! Productive, educational, team-building *and* fun!

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Discount price will be available for Q1 2024, though you can pay now and schedule for any time before December 2024.

César Idrovo's MBA30 and Agile Institute are partnering up for this special offer.

Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Essentials - Online - Private - Instructor-Led Comprehensive whole-team practices that ease the flow of value from idea to delivery!

I've really enjoyed writing this one. It's only taken me 20 years... (Thankfully it's shorter than you might expect.)

Dispelling Myths about Test-Driven Development ( )

( and all that jazz.)

Dispelling Myths About Test-Driven Development — Agile Institute A while back I read a LinkedIn post where a Test-Driven Development (TDD) evangelist suggested something truly surprising and disagreeable to me. Not long after that, a client of mine sent a video of another TDD proponent, and asked my opinion. Surprisingly the proponent on the video seemed to have

The 4th and final installment of the "Good Design" series is up!

Good Software Design - Part 4: The Role of Tests — Agile Institute Part 3 revealed how refactoring can be the primary design activity on an Agile team. (If you haven’t read that one yet, it’s here . Or, to start at Part 1 of the series, start here .) Diligent, confident refactoring is possible to the degree that the code is tested through an automated test suit...

Agile Institute is...holding a sale?!

That's right, after 15 years I'm finally offering my first "sale."

It’s the “Fund the Final Draft Sale!”

I need to concentrate on finishing up the draft of the book, Essential Test-Driven Development, by 31Jul (for a publication date in December of this year!) So I’ll been doing less training (and biting deeply into savings) this summer.

The sale: For courses/coaching scheduled to be delivered on or AFTER 21Aug2023, and paid in full by 31Jul2023, all services (the initial training, any subsequent training, and all coaching) delivered by the end of this year will be discounted by 20%.

Brief descriptions of the courses are on our homepage (linked with this post).

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Agile Institute Agile software developer training to help your Scrum, Kanban, or XP teams improve quality, maintainability, and value. Classes in Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Refactoring, etc. Instructor and coach Rob Myers has been helping teams "create worthwhile software

Part 3 of the "Good Software Design" series is up!

Good Software Design - Part 3: Refactoring — Agile Institute Remember this code from Part 2 ?

Let's discuss your concerns & the various common misperceptions about ; & how it helps teams rapidly deliver quality product iteratively & incrementally over the long term.

Hosted by Collaborative Leadership Team

Why TDD is Not a Testing Technique, and Why You Want to be Doing It Anyway, Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 5:30 PM | Meetup Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.

Part 2 of the "Good Software Design" series has been posted!

The dream, realized: via and

Good Software Design - Part 2: Code Smells — Agile Institute Last month’s article (found here ) introduced the notion of code smells . Code smells are names given to those instinctual thoughts you have whenever you look at a chunk of less-than-elegant code. Some are subtle, and some really stink. Stinky Code Each code smell represents something that would

We're again teaming up with Collaborative Leadership Team to offer another in-person Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) double-feature, in Minneapolis in late July (often the best time of year, weather-wise: not too cold, not too hot).

First, the basic CSD...

https://coleadteam.ticketspice.com/csd-jul-25-26-2023-in-person-with-rob-myers.followed by the two-day Advanced CSD...

https://coleadteam.ticketspice.com/a-csd-july-27-28-2023-rob-myers-advanced-certified-scrum-developer

A-CSD - July 27-28, 2023 - Rob Myers - Advanced Certified Scrum Developer An immersive, intensive 2-day (14 hour) course providing hands-on training in the most powerful and popular Scrum Developer Practices, and the synergy gained by combining them. Practices include Test-Driven Development, Refactoring, Continuous Integration, Collective Code Stewardship, Pair Programmi...

Sound familiar…?

“…Work is a vehicle for the creation and expression of our deepest values. Meaningful employment is more important than the goods it produces. By linking people to their fellow beings in reciprocal relationship and enhancing their self-respect, the value of their work is beyond monetary measure.”

Joanna Macy, “World as Lover, World as Self (30th anniversary edition)” p. 105 - a beautifully written book principally on systems theory, ethics, and deep ecology (though you might think I’ve given you the old bait-&-switch for the first half of the book).

World as Lover, World as Self: 30th Anniversary Edition: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Renewal World as Lover, World as Self: 30th Anniversary Edition: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Renewal

What is Good Software Design?

(From ye olde newsletter: Now with less fat and more wisdom from Kent Beck & Daniel Terhorst-North )

Good Software Design - Part 1 — Agile Institute Good software design is a career-spanning journey of discovery.

Sherman, set the Way-Back machine for 2011…

L to R: Rob Myers, David Chilcott, Tom Looy

Quite a few teams in this week's Essential Test-Driven Development course were trying out CRC cards using "stickies" in Miro. They struggled to find a way to align responsibilities on the left and collaborators on the right. So I went looking for a template. Failing that, I tried a few crazy things.

Gave up on that and just accepted the limitations of Miro's sticky notes. And yet, I think we landed on a reasonable solution...

Why yes, I am posting someone else's article. 🤩

I might have titled this "A Brief History of Agile": Chris Sims didn't limit himself solely to Scrum history.

An Abridged History Of Scrum | Agile Learning Labs An Abridged History Of Scrum Leave a reply I spend my working days helping companies use scrum and other agile practices to create healthier working environments and increased business value. Today, I found myself reflecting on the path that led here. Below is an abbreviated timeline of events in th...

I think I did okay for a 7am zoom...

How and When Essential Developer Capabilities Truly Pay Dividends with Rob Myers Are your software teams “doing Agile” but not seeing great results? An iterative and incremental methodology requires iterative and incremental software deve...

Happy Holidays to all my wonderful clients, "followers," colleagues, and friends!

More specifically, and in order of the 2022 starting date : Happy Bodhi Day (belated...I was very busy doing nothing), Hanukkah, Yule, Festivus ("for the rest of us"), Christmas, Kwanzaa, ______________ (please fill in the blank, and accept my apologies, if I missed your traditional December holiday(s)), and New Year!

Another great year for Agile Institute, and it's not quite over yet (a rather large remote/private CSD this week, then I'm "closing up shop" for December).

If you're traveling for the holidays: Safe travels!

Rob

My *LIVE* interview starts Tue 20 Sep at 9:30am PDT / 12:30pm EDT. Registration is free.

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Don't neglect those essential practices...

Sharpen Your Own Knives — Agile Institute You’ve heard the old adage about the lumberjack who—in order to cut a tree in an hour—will take 45 minutes to sharpen the saw? It’s a great analogy, but it really needs updating. Not many of us are that familiar with the logging industry. I like to use the metaphor of the chef who sharpens h...

Amazing Book Store's visionary/nostalgic "BookClubs" initiative now has its personas and stories on Miro; just in time for a private Example Mapping workshop tomorrow.

These will probably work their way into the next update to Behavior Driven Development Essentials course materials, too!

(Yes, I broke the rule about using a known person as a model for the personas...but, y'know, I know the guy! 😂 )

Michelle (new friend!), me, & César (old friend & colleague), at brunch today. No, that is definitely not wine on the table (it's tasty pomegranate juice).

https://www.meetup.com/large-scale-scrum-less-twin-cities/events/287836148/

Remote only. I just got home from MSP!

Doubly Extreme Agile…Live ~ The Core Four, Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 5:00 PM | Meetup Tue, Sep 13, 5:00 PM CDT: ***"Doubly Extreme Agile ... Live"*** Learn about and see the ‘Core Four’ in action \~ TDD/BDD, Refactoring, CI, Pairing/Ensemble Join us as Rob and a few engineers apply

Matt Wynne’s BDD cycle. “I’ve made a few modifications myself!” (with Matt’s approval).

(This is the 2nd version turning my virtual Miro puzzle into a physical poster puzzle. Don’t show this to my clients! They’re supposed to guess where each sticky belongs.)