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The Power of Feedback

Monday, November 10th, 2008

This post is really about our broken comment system. We are suckers for feedback here at Aptoma. We hold listening to the right sources of feedback as core for improvement in the right directions. As I frequently mention: without feedback there is little chance of improvement. In fact, the possibility to ...

Don’t Expect Our Buildings to Work, They Are Pieces of Art

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Read the title of the article and you'll immediately realize how wrong things can go when you define your profession as art. The title is a quote from some fancy schmancy architect doofus. What he really is saying is that "Don't Expect Our Buildings to Work, They Are $100 Million ...

The Retrospect – Even Better Next Time!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I have already asserted that without feedback, there can be little or no improvement. And we need to provide and receive feedback to improve ourselves and our team members. This post is part of our Scrum-series, and we have arrived at the fifth and last activity in the Scrum-process (according to ...

The Demo (The Sprint Review)

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

It's demo-time! (Play theme from Knight Rider here, and visualize The Hoff). This post is part of our Scrum-series. The Team has been hard at work for a month, and time has come to show off what have been accomplished. So How Did We Ever Get This Far? Revisiting our stripped down definition ...