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JULY 25, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect A few weeks back, my friend Becky Robinson at Mountain State University gifted me with a copy of John C. Tags: Book review , communication lessons , John C. Maxwell’s latest book “ Everyone Communicates, Few Connect ”. Have a GREAT week ahead!

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau I have been following Chris Guillebeau ’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. This led me to ask one question to Chris (the same one that I asked Seth Godin about in Linchpin’s book review ).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Interviews, Guest Post and Reviews I am delighted to share a couple of things that happened this week around my book #QUALITYtweet. He reviewed the book in a previous article and shared two-part interview with me. It reflects in the way he writes.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. As I gained experience, my software became more complicated. I prided myself on producing elegant, maintainable code. Despite good code, some products flopped. Choose Your Agility.

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MARCH 1, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020, 2021 by James Shore and Shane Warden. From this point forward, any code you check in must have at least 90% test coverage. Why can’t we just write code?”. Code coverage. All new code needs tests,” he said.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Provide training, coaching, and other ways for people to get help without feeling judged. If you have a document-oriented culture, kaizen will help you streamline your documents.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. As we’ve seen in the previous chapters, Agile is a philosophy: a way of thinking about software development. Agile software development is an ongoing process of learning and improvement.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Nick was kind enough to send me a signed copy for review. A great tool for the beginners in management.

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MAY 17, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020, 2021 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Some are an unstoppable force, like bad weather, with the weight of culture and tradition behind them. Don’t wait for your coach or manager to notice and solve your team’s impediments.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Tags: Book review , The Leadership Test , Timothy Clark Books/Reviews , Career Related , Leadership | Tanmay January 18, 2010 2 Comments Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The Art of Agile Development came out in 2007. Every week, we look at software engineering topics, and this week, I have a special show for you. This, of course, is my book originally published in 2007. In the 1990s, software development was believed to be in crisis. They actually called it that: “The Software Crisis.”

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AUGUST 24, 2010

When you review progress, you can review the accurate status of a deliverable (results), if it is defined early on. Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

It starts with getting the right people and building the right culture. It is their choice. Getting people to exercise their choice of delivering excellence is #1 leadership challenge. Finally, just like quality , excellence is a moving target. Today’s excellent becomes tomorrow’s good enough and day-after-tomorrow’s mediocre.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

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JUNE 11, 2021

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020, 2021 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Your team’s ability to work together forms the bedrock of their ability to develop and deliver software. Team dynamics are the invisible undercurrents that determine your team’s culture.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. Software has to be perfected before shipping. A writer has to constantly review/revise the piece before it goes out.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

A lot of what you build as a part of your organization’s culture is a result of what you have rewarded over a period of time. In performance appraisals, specifically mention the behaviors you have appreciated when reviewing overall performance. Best, Tanmay By John Hunter , October 11, 2010 @ 4:44 pm coaching is very important.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

. - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Leadership , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay October 11, 2010 No Comments No comments yet.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Striving for excellence” should be a call to action for us to renew our focus on developing a culture of excellence, great leadership, adopting best practices, making them work in our context, continual improvement and superior service to our customers/peers. On that note, wish you an “excellent” 2011!

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

The intent, intensity and diligence with which they execute that piece of work, and how well they are equipped to execute largely determines quality of the outcomes. Because, work flows horizontally. Between teams. Between members of the teams. Between different departments. Work flows from one team member to the other.

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JULY 4, 2010

Not reviewing the progress. When you don’t review the progress periodically, you loose momentum. Projects generally start on a high note – keep the momentum going by periodic reviews. Review early and often. Say no, so that you can say yes to more important stuff. Run away from fears. In fact, leaders embrace their fears.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

.” - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Bonus: Read my post (How to) Have a Great Monday! – and have a wonderful start into the week!

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Read the reviews here and here ). Practicing servant leadership is most effective when the overall organization’s culture is built accordingly. I have read both his books, “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” and “ Go, Kiss the World ” with great interest. I hope this helps.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

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JULY 22, 2010

loosing great ideas because of a “compliance” culture? efforts spent in resolving personal conflicts and protecting individual/departmental fortresses? poor communications and expectations management? not allowing people to make mistakes? acting from a reactive standpoint? not treating your customers well? not demonstrating integrity?

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JANUARY 16, 2011

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

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AUGUST 26, 2010

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AUGUST 15, 2010

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

This book is a brilliant compilation of great thoughts from all time great authors and coaches. Why not now?” – James Allen (Success Coach) “It is important to remember that we are energy. Why not me? Einstein told us that. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Wally Bock selected my post ‘ Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling ‘ as one of the five best independent business blog posts of the week at Three Star Leadership’s Midweek Review. Have a GREAT weekend! RSS feed for comments on this post. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

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AUGUST 17, 2010

When you decide to review early and often, you should. Constant Improvement : You planned, you did and then you also reviewed. The plans you established needs to be followed. Discipline, in simplest terms, is your ability to fill the gap between what you know and what you actually do.

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