Prioritization
Prioritization can be tricky. What are the factors involved, and which tools can help with it?
When not to pair
Sometimes, pairing is not going to add this extra value we're looking for... which are those moments? let me go over some scenarios where it's probably better to work alone.
The 7 wastes of Contemporary Agile Software Development Teams
What the greatest sources of waste in modern agile development teams? Fede shared his perspective in Agiles 2021. This post is a brief summary of it.
Caso de diseño: ilustrando un libro sobre metodologías ágiles
¿Qué son las metodologías ágiles y qué recursos gráficos eligen para comunicar sus conocimientos? ¿Cómo es escribir y diseñar un libro desde una empresa horizontal? Te voy a contar el camino que recorrimos con Gabriela Iztueta para ilustrar el primer libro escrito desde 10Pines.
Leaving a codebase
I'm leaving a codebase where I contributed for 6 years. I've made more than 2000 commits and I've added, modified, and removed a lot of lines of code. Here are some things I have in mind as part of my offboarding process.
Planning
Agile changed the way we work, thus the way we plan. How does Planning work in the Agile world?
Sharing Knowledge in an improvised way
I recently facilitated a Knowledge Sharing session in my team without planning it too much, and I’ll walk you through some interesting takeaways of that activity.
User Stories
Since they were invented, user stories have become the building block of Agile iterative and incremental development approach.
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.
¿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...
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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,
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.
¿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.
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.
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
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.