Agile
5 entries
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Specs.md: agile ceremony, rebuilt for agents
I went into a spec-driven framework expecting waterfall in an agile costume. What I found mapped almost exactly onto Scrum ceremony — intents, work items, runs — with one of the people in the room swapped for an agent.
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Evolving Agile in the age of AI agents
The agile practices that survived AI-assisted development weren't the process ones — they were the philosophical ones. A look at what changed and what stayed when building a real product with AI agents.
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Folding the Laundry: A Kanban Story
Kanban explained through household laundry: visualise the work, cap what's in progress, and deliver in small finished batches. Simple rules that apply equally to software delivery and a pile of clean clothes on the spare-room bed.
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The Power of Emergence: Why Leaders Shouldn't Prescribe Every Solution
Prescribing solutions feels efficient but suppresses the unexpected ideas that matter most. A before-and-after flood image UI that emerged from a misunderstanding shows why leaders should frame outcomes, protect slack time, and get out of the way.
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The Agile Coach I Am
A talk given to the whole of Deputy in Sydney when I moved from Delivery Manager to Agile Coach. Not a Scrum sermon — a sketch of how I draw from a variety of disciplines to help teams find their rhythm.