Find your happy place conference
Talking and listening to others helps ground your ideas and assumptions. Last weekend was Play4Agile 2025. It was another wonderful gathering of people at the… Read More »Find your happy place conference
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Make learning experiential
Create opportunities for people to practice the thing you’re talking about. People learn what you teach them when they have an opportunity to practice what… Read More »Make learning experiential
Use the human aspects of software development in your work
My work can help you with your work. I find that teaching software development and software engineering covers more than I expected when I first… Read More »Use the human aspects of software development in your work
Teach students scrum and xp with a dash of lean
Scrum provides process, while xp provides practices, and lean cover the theory behind it all I feel like I’ve always been teaching students about scrum.… Read More »Teach students scrum and xp with a dash of lean
Use the ball point game in teaching
The ball point game has many uses in your classroom. I was at #p4a24 last weekend. I am a co-organiser, and also a participant. Play4Agile… Read More »Use the ball point game in teaching
Collaboration is more than coordination
Coordination could be passive participation, while collaboration is active participation. Compare two teams of students. Team A coordinates the work between members, while Team B… Read More »Collaboration is more than coordination
Take the Gambling out of Planning Poker
Teach students to use planning poker for discussion We all know estimates are guesswork. I often introduce this topic with a simple question: ‘how long… Read More »Take the Gambling out of Planning Poker
Facilitate experiences in your teaching
Make teaching more interactive with facilitated experiences One of my key goals for each teaching session I run is to have a facilitated component. This… Read More »Facilitate experiences in your teaching