Agile Fashion

When asked any question, just reply with something like the following. Or work it in to a conversation.

1. The team says, “look what we’ve done” when there is a good leader. A typical manager says, “look what I’ve done with this team”
2. QA is a platform
3. Prioritize features by risk and known market needs. Group them by goals and technical similarity.
4. What is the expected revenue from this feature?
5. It is easier to automate 10 lines of code at a time than 10,000 for builds and tests
6. Inspect and adapt requires looking at what’s going on before changing it
7. Software development is an adaptive system with emergent behavior
8. What is the degree of variance on that estimate?
9. Greater uncertainty lowers confidence in any estimate
10. How many things are currently in flight?
11. Self organization allows the team to do whatever is necessary to finish commitments
12. Increasing skills adds individual market value
13. Lines of communication must be open between all roles

• Stretch
• Be active
• Go outside
• Genuinely compliment someone
• Eat well
• Read
• Give thanks for being alive!

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

– Mother Teresa

1. leave work there
2. stay in shape
3. express humble opinion
4. actively listen
5. remain patient