Overheard talking about a six thinking hats retrospective

Margaret Rouse — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:55:33 +0000

“Once everyone is seated introduce the exercise by giving a brief summary of De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats process. Then explain that the group will all put on the same hat and discuss the iteration…and after that they will put on the next hat in the series and so on until the all the hats have been worn.” — Rob Bowley

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is six thinking hats retrospective. I just participated in one here at TechTarget and it may have been one of the smoothest retrospectives I’ve ever been part of. I don’t recommend it for every single iteration because that could get boring, but it was a nice change-up. Any kind of structure that moves the discussion along briskly and limits the time people can argue or rant is a good thing. Maybe I’ll try it at the dinner table next family gathering!

Overheard talking about Agile

Margaret Rouse — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:54:11 +0000

When people talk about agile practices, they can sometimes become very religious. –Jurgen Appelo

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Agile, an approach to software development that anticipates the need for flexibility and applies a level of pragmatism into the delivery of the finished product.

Here’s our newest Word-2-Go glossary — it’s got a lot of our Agile vocabulary all in one handy printable page. Take a quiz and see how many you already know!.

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Overheard talking about a six thinking hats retrospective

Overheard talking about Agile