user stories User Stories Since they were invented, user stories have become the building block of Agile iterative and incremental development approach.
agile Estimations This post is about dreaded estimations. Let’s think about why we do them, what problems they bring to the table and what the Agile estimation approach is in comparison to other approaches.
agile ¿Estimar no sirve para nada? Números y tiempos, scopes y complejidades... ¿De qué sirve ocupar el tiempo en toda esta predicción? ¿En qué mejora el resultado final? ¿Qué ganamos? ¿Será que estimar no sirve para nada? Mmmm, a ver...
agile 20 Tips para Retrospectivas Remotas ideales Migrar una retrospectiva a un entorno virtual es algo esencial, principalmente en los equipos que debieron cambiar su conducta a causa de la coyuntura pandémica. Estos son 20 tips para equiparar las condiciones presenciales en un entorno remoto, algo que todo equipo robusto debería dominar.
agile This is not a User Story, or is it? Thoughts about telling and managing stories We surely agree that there’s nothing better than users telling the dev team such stories. But, How should we call them? User stories, backlog items, story cards? And even more important: what is the most efficient way to write and manage these stories?
agile Sinfín Cynefin*. Le developer y el loop temporal Este es un loco y divertido relato, inspirado en un sueño real, donde intentaremos responder: ¿Cómo influye la experiencia en la toma de decisiones? ¿Podemos categorizar los problemas y, en base a esto, actuar en consecuencia?
agile Product Discovery: Highlights from my Agile Software Development book At 10Pines we build software for several types of customers; from large corporations and even when the needs, the size of the problem and obviously the budget differ, we always begin with a Product Discovery, where we meet with the specialists in the business, our clients, to create a shared vision.
agile Anonymity vs. Agile maturity... (vs?) Does anonymity play any role in agile teams? Even more, can we pretend to pursue a mature agile environment when members of the team are afraid to take ownership of their opinions? Let's think of a few tips to evolve into trust and self-confidence on agile teams.
git Pull Request enormes: ¿Cómo evitarlos? ¿Alguna vez han revisado un PR demasiado grande como para hacer una buena review? ¿Cuántas veces han hecho un PR así? Esta es mi receta para poder evitarlos.
agile Desarrollo de Software Ágil en 10Pines Después de 2 años de trabajo, a veces intenso y otros no tanto, finalicé el libro 'Desarrollo de Software Ágil en 10Pines'. Y en este post se los presento.
agile Finding the path to meaningful standups Standups tend to have a fixed structure. In my team we stepped out of the box and chose to turn it totally upside down. Wanna know how and why? Read on!
agile Heart of Agile Teams at 10Pines What's the formula to make excellent teams work the way they do? How can we extend that to the whole organization? Here I show you our own recipe at 10pines
git The model behind Git When it comes to version control systems (VCS), we can start naming a few of the most popular, like Subversion, Mercurial, Perforce, etc. Nevertheless, at this time our focus will be on Git,
agile Ready! Set! Retrospect! Breaking the ice on Agile Retrospectives There are a lot of glitches or complications that might arise when facing retrospectives in which a team should come clean on opinions and experiences, about themselves or about each other. Let’s dig out and analyze some of the problems we could be facing and, hopefully, sweep them off the board.
culture ¿Qué significa "Sin Jefes"? Esta semana un diario argentino publicó un artículo sobre la forma en la que nos organizamos en 10Pines. Nos dimos cuenta de que en internet mucha gente tenía dudas sobre nuestra cultura, así que nos gustaría aclarar un poco más el asunto.
culture What does "No bosses" mean? This week an Argentinian newspaper published an article about the way we organize ourselves here at 10Pines. We noticed that people over the internet had questions about our culture, so I’d like to try and clarify a little bit here.
business Trapped by transparency or trapped by culture? Transparency has become one of the most popular demands in the recent years and for good reasons. Not so far ago, we went through one of the biggest global financial crisis, caused by
conference Tips for introducing yourself in a conference or 'the conference elevator pitch' I've decided to write down guidelines to introduce yourself and getting to know the other person, avoiding typical mistakes.
agile Review of Agile 2015 @ Washington DC The organization & the conference This was the biggest conference I’ve ever attended. There was 2300 registered people. 5 days of talks. More than 13 tracks in parallel every hour. Everything was
agile Enterprise Lean Canvas A few days ago, we were asked to estimate a new big extension for a previous application we developed a year ago. Since we had a strong deadline to send this proposal, and
agile The Backlog Guy Introduction Yeah, this is how everyone called me in my latest gig. You want to hear the story? (I heard yes). It was a green field, ambitious project that was going to be
lean MVP's: The Real Deal Let's dive into the essence of MVPs, and find some unconventional ways to learn about our customers as early as possible.
agile Lean Sales Up - Ágiles 2014 El proceso de preventa puede ser doloroso, largo y costoso. Es el primer punto de negociación. Hay que convencer al otro que somos la mejor opción. Y hay que ajustar las expectativas siempre
agile Software Existentialism A few days ago, in an interesting discussion I was having in a local Agile forum, someone posted the phrase: Doing the right thing precedes doing things right The phrase caught my attention
agile Rethinking Estimations When someone asks for an estimate I always think of this. #NoEstimates pic.twitter.com/siZsVxs3D4 — Aaron Griffith (@Aaron_Griffith) March 14, 2014 It's not like estimations are like this,