12 days of an #Agile Christmas

On the first day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the second day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the third day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the fourth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the fifth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the sixth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the seventh day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the eighth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Eight objects refactored
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the ninth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Nine Clients advising, eight objects refactored
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the tenth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Ten User Stories
Nine Clients advising, eight objects refactored
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the eleventh day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Eleven Retrospectives, Ten User Stories
Nine Clients advising, eight objects refactored
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My Agile Coach gave to me
Twelve Specifications-by-example
Eleven Retrospectives, Ten User Stories
Nine Clients advising, eight objects refactored
Seven Stickies Moving, six Pairs-a-Programming
Five Daily stand-ups a week, Four Planning Poker Decks
Three Green Bars, Two week Iterations
And A Kanban Board by a co-located team with an awesome Velocity!!!!!

Author: Terry Bunio

Terry Bunio is passionate about his work as the Manager of the Project Management Office at the University of Manitoba. Terry oversees the governance on Information Technology projects to make sure the most important projects are being worked on in a consistent and effective way. Terry also provides leadership on the customized Project Methodology that is followed. The Project Methodology is a equal mix of Prince2, Agile, Traditional, and Business Value. Terry strives to bring Brutal Visibility, Eliminating Information islands, Right Sizing Documentation, Promoting Collaboration and Role-Based Non-Consensus, and short Feedback Loops to Minimize Inventory to the Agile Project Management Office. As a fan of pragmatic Agile, Terry always tries to determine if we can deliver value as soon as possible through iterations. As a practical Project Manager, Terry is known to challenge assumptions and strive to strike the balance between the theoretical and real world approaches for both Traditional and Agile approaches. Terry is a fan of AWE (Agile With Estimates), the Green Bay Packers, Winnipeg Jets, and asking why? View all posts by Terry Bunio