Ian Mitchell, BSc Hons, PhD, FRGS
In this post we consider the “Monte Carlo” method, a class of algorithms which use large-scale random sampling to generate reliable predictions. Read More..."Monte Carlo forecasting in Scrum"
I was asked to pull the In Practice series together into a book, so I have. Here's the blurb: The development of complex systems is fraught with difficulty. Many organizations have taken the vocabulary and outward form of agile practice, but without sponsoring the deep change that agile adoption genuinely requires. The benefits they hope for escape them...and their projects continue to fail. All too often, nothing really changes at all. This book tells you what agile practice is really about, and how to achieve it. The essential components of an agile way of working are laid out chapter by chapter. The book concludes with a concise treatment of the agile transformation problem, and shows how to leverage agile patterns and practices in order to resolve it. You can buy it at amazon.com. ISBN 978-1-908552-49-5, 260 pages.
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Have a question about Scrum or agile practice in general? I hang out in the Scrum Forum and I'm a certified trainer. Post a query there and I'll help if I can:
I teach the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master course fairly regularly. I also teach the Professional Agile Leadership course. See Upcoming classesscrum.org/Community/Forums If you're after an overview of Scrum and what it's about, you can have a look at my presentation Scrum in an Hour. There is also a companion text, The Agile Buddy Guide. For the low-down on many topical issues, you can see Agile Tom, the Scrum Shack's resident cat. I'm Chief Scientist at proAgile Ltd. Agile transformation is my bag. I tweet and blog quite actively about this. I'm also the curator at agilepatterns.org. Hobbywise, I'm into Extreme Ironing. I've ironed underneath the ice-sheet of a frozen lake, and I've also gifted the world with the "fusion" sport of bog snorkelling + extreme ironing. I do quite a bit of scuba diving in lakes and rivers, mainly in pursuit of antique bottles. Cave diving is another interest, and I have traversed White Lady sump in the Dan-yr-Ogof system while training under the redoubtable Martyn Farr. Of course, I have plumbed even murkier depths on public sector IT projects. This latter experience once lead to an outburst of Vogon Poetry; you can commiserate by reading it here. twitter: https://twitter.com/dr_ian_mitchell linked in: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/docmitchell mob: +44 (0) 7849694162  The church contains some very fine memorials, mostly for the local Trevalyn Hall branch of the powerful Trefor family. There are twelve misericords dating from about 1500. They have strange carvings, including a devil pushing two women into the jaws of Hell, an ape with a urine flask, and a fox with a bucket of excrement. The church also houses the Gresford Stone, a Romano-British altar which was re-purposed as a building block during construction. It was originally used for offerings to the goddess Nemesis, who is depicted on one side, and was probably once part of a shrine. For previously featured gargoyles, go down to The Vault. |
