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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Check out our O’Reilly Week in Review podcast interview

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

James Turner’s weekly O’Reilly Week in Review podcast this week features an interview with Jenny and me about Beautiful Teams, and what goes into making a team work well.
I’ll transcribe a quick excerpt from the interview – we’re talking about our interview in the book with NASA manager and team leader Peter Glück:
Jenny: You hear all [...]

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The Secrets Of Great Teamwork

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Forbes picked up our Beautiful Teams interview with Tim O’Reilly and published it as an article called The Secrets of Great Teamwork.When Jenny and I talked to Tim, he had some intriguing things to say about what makes people work together. There’s plenty of good stuff in the interview, but one bit that really sticks [...]

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Requirements 101: User Stories vs. Use Cases

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Here’s a question that I get over and over again:
What’s the difference between user stories and use cases?
— Ron K.

Before I dive into an answer to that question, let’s rewind a little bit and talk about where user stories came from. I like them because they’re a great example of how the Agile movement changed [...]