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How NAP uses Kanban

by David Lowe
September 6, 2013September 17, 2013
1 min read

On Friday 6 September 2013, I delivered “Kanban Style: a story about how THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP has used Kanban” at Agile on the Beach in Falmouth. I would really value your feedback on how it went. Please fill in the questionnaire below: Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey ,… Read More »How NAP uses Kanban

How to deal with an absent Product Owner

by David Lowe
August 28, 2013May 28, 2014
3 min read

What do you do if you have a Product Owner who is absent? I’m not talking about a PO who is too busy to spend time with the team or on holiday; I’m talking about when you have no PO because s/he has left the company/on long-term sick/etc. The obvious… Read More »How to deal with an absent Product Owner

#NAPagile2013

by David Lowe
August 15, 2013May 28, 2014
2 min read

I’m happy. NAP agile 2013 went without a hitch. 54 guests drank, ate and discussed the evening away in Net-A-Porter’s beautiful offices – discussing everything from Scrum boards to using agile at an enterprise level. Our aim was to get agile practitioners along to discuss a variety of subjects; not… Read More »#NAPagile2013

Technical Debt

by David Lowe
1 Comment
August 7, 2013July 15, 2022
4 min read

Before you continue reading, can you give a definition of technical debt? You might want to write it down. I planned to facilitate the LADG session in 3 stages: Agree a definition of technical debt Agree aspects that are included/excluded from technical debt (for example, legacy code included; new features… Read More »Technical Debt

NAP Agile 2013

by David Lowe
July 30, 2013May 28, 2014
1 min read

Do you fancy discussing key agile topics with like-minded agilists in NET-A-PORTER’s beautiful London offices? Well, now you have the chance. On the evening of Wednesday 14th August, the luxury fashion company is opening its doors to 70 agile practitioners to discuss topics such as splitting user stories, testing, cross-functional… Read More »NAP Agile 2013

Agile at General Assembly

by David Lowe
July 21, 2013May 28, 2014
6 min read

On 20 July 2013, I delivered my first workshop for General Assembly. The “global education network that transforms thinkers into creators through education and opportunities in technology, business, and design” launched its new campus in London in June 2012 (only their second after NY) and already has a wealth of… Read More »Agile at General Assembly

Avatars

by David Lowe
1 Comment
July 14, 2013May 28, 2014
3 min read

Avatars, graphical representations of real people, adorn agile boards across the globe. Using everything from South Park characters to super-heroes, they rarely look like their owners, and move across white boards like figures from a Dungeons & Dragons game. How pathetic! Grow up. I bet you dress up like your… Read More »Avatars

The Lowe family goes agile

by David Lowe
July 6, 2013May 28, 2014
2 min read

“Could I use Scrum to run my family?” I pondered as I slumped onto my sofa at 7pm on Friday night. I’d just spent the week looking after my little darlings. For the most part, it had gone well, but there had been various trying occasions: my 5 year old… Read More »The Lowe family goes agile

A new breed of agile board

by David Lowe
June 21, 2013July 15, 2022
2 min read

I was writing on a post-it note in a pub the other day but, when I went to pick it up, I found out that my Super Sticky Post-it® Note had become ultra extra mega super sticky. The beer spilt by a previous customer had dried and become one of… Read More »A new breed of agile board

What is Lean?

by David Lowe
June 14, 2013May 28, 2014
4 min read

“Lean” was first referred to in “The Machine That Changed the World” – a book written in the 1980s by a group of MIT researchers who had spent years studying the global automobile industry. It was used to describe management practices then being used at Toyota. Rather than focus on… Read More »What is Lean?