XP Days France 2008 - Paris, je t’aime…

On Monday 05 may & Tuesday 06 may my father and I were in Paris. Instead of visiting this beautifully city we enjoyed the people from the French Agile community.
Although the organization before was rather chaotic, XPDay.FR 2008 itself was splendid.
The first thing I noticed when we arrived was the Job Board. Hey [...]

Ask for help…

Last week I rescued Christophe Thibaut in a mail. He was actually glad about the result. ( I proposed to use the 5 Why’s and the 9 boxes in an answer on a checkin of him.)
He replied with this general ask for help:
Ask for help : If you have some piece of advice in mind, [...]

Artikel over Bootcamp gepubliceerd in Bizz magazine

Vorige week verscheen een artikel in Bizz Magazine over BootCamp. Gino Marckx zegt daarin dat BootCamp: “Het is de beste opleiding die ik ooit heb gevolgd”
Als je geintereseerd bent in coaching-seminaries moet je zeker Bizz van Mei 2008 kopen. I quote “Bizz testte een aantal originele of populaire coaching technieken die afwijken van het traditionele [...]

De top 10 van redenen om nee te zeggen tegen “Reboot to Team 2.0”

1) Mijn projecten eindigen op tijd en binnen budget zonder probleem.
2) Elk team waar ik mee gewerkt heb had een gedeelde visie
3) In vergadering doen we alleen wat resultaat opleverd
4) Niemand steekt de schuld op management of iemand anders, als ze niet krijgen wat ze willen.
5) Iedereen deelt zijn beste ideeen onmiddellijk
6) Ideeen worden onmiddellijk [...]

Toshiba: M700 perfection game

A few weeks ago I finally bought the M700 I was talking about in my older post.

Let’s perfect it:
I give it a 8 out of ten
What I like about it:

I like the form factor.
I like the size
I like the weight
I like the fingerprint reader
I like Vista
I like the possibility to turn on/off wifi by an [...]

BootCamp: Team painting shipping team

This was painted by 9 people during their Bootcamp. The painting helps people using all parts of their brain.
I am Yves Hanoulle, your virtual Project coach and you can reach me at yves at my agile training company .net
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Home again…

I’m Checking in
I’m GLAD I’m home with my family again.I’m SAD the second European Reboot To Team 2.0 (BootCamp) is overI’m GLAD it was even better then last timeI’m GLAD we have shipped on time every time (10x) this week and will do this another 81 times the next 9 months.I’m MAD a lazy Belgium [...]

Top 10 reasons to say NO to BootCamp

The next European BootCamp has just been announced.
Paircoaching.net holds another Reboot to Team 2.0 at Koningsteen from 15 till 20 june 2008.
To avoid that we have to much people joining, I ‘m posting our top ten reason why people should NOT follow a BootCamp.
1. My projects effortlessly complete on schedule and in budget every [...]

Reboot to Team 2.0 starts today

I don’t pretend that people will learn soft-skills at one week Bootcamp. As I told a few managers this week: you will change. I just can not predict how you will change. I do know that people that come out of bootcamp are much more focused on achieving results.
I will check in the way [...]

Reboot to Team2.0 @ Koningsteen

Today I’m preparing the Reboot to Team 2.0 (Bootcamp) of next week.
So  next week, while all of you are working hard in boring offices, I will be working even harder in a peaceful place called Koningsteen.
I think it is the best place to have such a training. A beautiful garden, nice big rooms, great food [...]

Reboot to team 2.0 is the perfect follow up after a CSM (Certified Scrum master class)

Sven followed a great CSM with Joseph Pelrine. (I have followed already multiple courses with Joseph. including my own CSM. I agree he is great.)
Svens next step is learning about self-organizing teams.
I have a few tips for Sven and every other CSM.
1) Check out my post about self organizing teams.
2) As I told you [...]

Deciding by E-mail

After the first European bootcamp, the booted team stayed in contact.
We tried to use the DECIDER in mail & skype and we noticed we needed to change it a little bit to adapt it to the different environment.
When  you decide in a meeting, you are all present and it is possible to show your decision [...]

The World is Flat:Shift Happens

For people that haven’t read “The World is flat”, and want to know why they should read the book….
My solution to these challenges is BootCamp.
Better communication in your teams, distributed or local. You can start with reading the Core protocols and listening to the MccarthyShow Podcast
I  am Yves Hanoulle, your virtual Project coach and you [...]

Being angry is alright…

 
I’m just back from a GTO (Gestalt Therapy Training) weekend.I don’t want to write too much detail on what happens there, as that is private to the group.
Although we don’t learn techniques in the GTO, on thing that happened gave me an idea.
The way we deal with being angry is, is based on a script [...]

Eye of the Bunny

For BootCampers
I am Yves Hanoulle, your virtual Project coach and you can reach me at yves at my agile training company.
 
Technorati Tags: Eye of the Bunny,BootCamp,Bunny Bunny,Games Night

The abundant universe

 
Jim & Michele said in one of their podcasts, look at the universe, ask for help and you will see the universe is abundant. This week I had a nice chat with Jim about how to bring BootCamp to Belgium.
On the xp.be evening event I listened to Johan Lybaert from Cegeka,/Ardatis who shared his experience [...]