Video from my first place finish at Lindy 500 has made its way to youtube! My partner and I are the fourth couple to enter the jam, and I’m wearing #27. Enjoy!
Month: August 2011
1st Place: Baltimore Lindy 500
This weekend I competed in the Amateur Invitational Jack and Jill at the Baltimore Lindy 500. There were approximately 40 competitors that were hand-picked from neighboring states to participate. I made it to the finals (top 5 guys and gals) and was partnered with kerry – who I was just meeting for the first time. No sooner than we’d finished shaking hands were we swinging-out at 190 BPM. When the dust settled, my partner and I were heralded as champions.
My souvenirs are a wad of prize money, lucky #27, and this epic photo:
Spotlight - Elliot and Kerry
Better User Stories
User stories define three things for my team:
- What to build
- Why to build it
- Who to build for
Writing high-quality user stories goes a LONG way toward the success of our team, but this of course begs the question – how do we write high-quality stories? I’ve created a presentation that demonstrates the simple, yet powerful technique that we employ to make our stories amazing. The summary: remove all terminology.
I hope that you enjoy this brief presentation!
Retrospective Hero Pt. 2
Another outstanding sprint; another outstanding retrospective. The theme this round is “A Land Before Time”. Our team is represented by the blue, bridge-crossing dinosaur. The team then drew things that impeded our progress, or helped us to arrive safely at our destination. The result is epic and insightful:
Sprint Retrospective
Creative retrospectives are the way to go.