Here’s a collection of posts about Agile , Lean, and teams over the course of this blog.  I’ve tried to put them into an intro to expert order so that you can start out with the basics and move to the more advanced concepts.

Agile:

• Agile Jumpstart – so you want to do agile? – if you already think you want Agile, this will get you started
• Process (not a dirty word!) means knowing how you make decisions – if you don’t know what you need, this will get you thinking
• Don’t confuse the decorations for the process! – the classic reason people fail at Agile
• Forward-looking Reviews: Feedback loops essential for Agile success – the only think you need to do if you want to succeed
• Scrambled & Confused?  Use Shorter Sprints! – go faster with better coordination
• Black Hat Feedback Essential For Cloud Success – my favorite way to go sprint reviews
• Screening Recruits for Agile Savvy – hiring 101
• Won to End (1..N) Ranking – how and why to create a RANKED roadmap instead of an MRD

Lean:

• The Go-Fasterer OpenStack Cloud Strategy – what is Lean?
• Very Costly Accounting and why I value ship ready code – the only measure of success is when you have something you can sell
• Tippy Towers – why you should NEVER start a green field project
• Death by Ant Bytes – the importance of discipline and hidden costs of small requests

Teams:

• Ready to Fail – Risk taking
• Free Fall – how to approach meeting so that you’re ready to make the best decisions possible
• Wearing the Cape – dealing with heros and the destruction they leave in their wake
• Please (I’m begging here) consider the psychology of meetings! – we all hate meetings, let’s fix them
• Annual Performance reviews hazardous for team performance – really – this is well documented.  Why do we keep doing it

Other:

• Spoonful of Zietgiest – sometimes we need to be a little random
• Time vs. Materials: $1,000 printer power button – why it’s OK to suck sometimes