Shared today on Twitter

Heh. Salesman sells job at pub and brings in napkin with cost, scope, and deadline? Yep. Been there, pretty much. #auscrum


Fixed date, fixed price projects put you in adversarial relationship with client from day 1. Again – AGREEING ALL OVER THE PLACE. #auscrum


Productivity vs. number of projects. This graph reminds me strongly of @kunaal84. #auscrum http://t.co/MHlNhrvA86


RT @brown_note: Great, and comprehensive talk by @krubinagile at #auscrum // Agreed!


Interesting that @ilagile suggests agile should value attitude over aptitude. Pretty sure that’s why CommBank hired me. Happy! #auscrum


Ha. “Rockstar” developer who is more like a Dementor from Harry Potter? Yeah. Still recovering from that, years later. #auscrum


RT @lynnecazaly: My fast n furious visual notes from @krubinagile #auscrum presentation Economically Sensible Scrum http://t.co/g4HbHQm6gr


RT @bartmasters: Good point from @ilagile “don’t tell someone they’re wrong. They will stop sharing ideas, even the excellent ones.” #au …


Having an argument with Seb from @atlassian on the virtue of BA’s. Typical engineer! ๐Ÿ™‚ #auscrum


RT @msmorrisk: Management 3.0 Meddlers fun at #auscrum http://t.co/mN8vUR1Syb


The perils of trying to be paleo at a conference! Fled carby lunch at #auscrum in favour of cafe.


Just met @mrembach before his talk starts. Interested to hear how Transport for NSW uses scrum… #auscrum


Collective gasp as @mrembach mentions secret Transport NSW functionality that allows bus driver to change red lights to green! #auscrum


Ha. QA’s goal (in traditional non-agile) is “to break the will of the developer.” Heehee! Right, @rajsingh2505? #auscrum


Uh oh! @mrembach mentioned #NoEstimates! If he says it two more times, @neil_killick magically appears. #auscrum


“Deploying is risky. The best way to lessen risk is do it over and over and over to get good at it.” #continuousdelivery @auscrum


@KurtSolarte @mrembach @neil_killick He said it again! DRINK!


RT @rbanks54: Great war stories session by @mrembach #auscrum // Agreed. Great talk – very engaging and useful info!


@mrembach If you hadn’t said you were nervous, I never would have guessed! Totally smashed it. ๐Ÿ™‚


@AgileRenee @neil_killick We’re making a drinking game out of it. ๐Ÿ™‚ cc @KurtSolarte #auscrum


@The_Ausmerican I’m pretty sure they’re a different cut. I prefer the girl style – less boxy and fit boobs better.


@The_Ausmerican Oh! Then I totally agree. That’s silly.


“Deliver business value rather than just products.” Can’t argue with that. #auscrum


“That’s why we go to Agile – because we don’t want to work with project managers. Ha! Saw @msmorrisk’s head snap up. ๐Ÿ™‚ #auscrum


A menstruation joke? *wince* #auscrum


@knitterjp An otherwise good preso, but some of the “jokes” were a bit cringeworthy.


RT @msmorrisk Management 3.0 Meddlers fun at #auscrum http://t.co/UXstLxaKSw // Oh! That’s my nose in lower-right corner. Really.


@imdominating “Rode Hard, meet Put Away Wet.” Did you get to that one yet? LOVE IT.


How to be exhausted: start a new full-time job right after Daylight Savings Ends. WHERE DID THE SUNSHINE AND FUN GO?


@Helen__H Just feeling like total sensory overload! Scrum was good. Especially liked keynote and cool talk on how Transport NSW went agile.


@Helen__H Met several Atlassian folks too!


Ha! Just got SMS from gardener: “Dropped off plants, as you’ve probably seen…” What? Oh yeah! Out there in the dark. We totes missed them.


@drkknits Oh thank god. In the thumbnail, I thought it was a frickin’ beret.


Put a bird on it – corporate style. http://t.co/PweIz3DAJU



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