Gear Up! - Reading Roman Voting
Today we read and discuss Roman Voting. This is a quick and fun way to get a feel for what the team is thinking of an idea, or the current project. Check out the video below for the reading!
The Story Behind Gear Up!
Gear Up launched today! Wow...seven years almost to the day since my first book. What took so long? Well, cranking out 250 pages of text, illustrations and doing most of the proofreading on my own took years. I'm proud of the result, but it was a "check off the bucket list item" thing at the time. This book was different. First, let's visit its origin. Developers always ask me “we’re having problems doing X with methodology Y, what should we do?”. My first answer is always “What have you tried?”. I ask this because the best solutions usually come from the people doing the work and experimenting with new practices, not following so-called “best practices”. “Best practices” implies there are none better. Practices will always change as do our players, technology and markets. This leads to experimental practices, where teams explore ways of adapting to change and improving how they work together. Thinking about that original question, I think of al...
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