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I recently came across an article on The Hacker Chick Blog called, &amp;#8220;Lean Startup: It Rocks...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/9876950518</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/9876950518</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:00:05 -0400</pubDate><category>agile</category><category>scrum</category><category>kanban</category><category>xp</category><category>lean.startup</category><category>lean startup</category><category>lean</category><category>rant</category></item><item><title>What Would It Take?</title><description>As someone who brings change into organizations, at some point I will usually come up against...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/7927049275</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/7927049275</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:00:06 -0400</pubDate><category>agile</category><category>lean.startup</category><category>scrum</category></item><item><title>Are We Human or Are We Resources?</title><description>One common practice I see in the organizations I work with, is the use of the term...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/4526062552</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/4526062552</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:00:07 -0400</pubDate><category>scrum</category><category>agile</category><category>resources</category><category>people</category></item><item><title>The Importance of Beginnings</title><description>I recently started a new coaching engagement and for the first time in my career I&amp;#8217;m pairing...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/4159248756</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/4159248756</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>agile</category><category>scrum</category><category>coaching</category></item><item><title>The Problem with Working Overtime</title><description>There&amp;#8217;s an old programmer quote that goes something like this,

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It seems in every Scrum, Agile, or Lean discussion these days, there&amp;#8217;s always mention of the...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/680290642</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/680290642</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>agile scrum</category></item><item><title>Discovering Your Core Values</title><description>Back in January, I discussed an exercise where you would put your company values on the wall and...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/550798224</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/550798224</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>What the Celebrities on The Apprentice Could Learn from Being Agile</title><description>
I&amp;#8217;m not usually one to watch a lot of television, but this past Easter weekend, my parents...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/518338752</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/518338752</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>agile</category><category>scrum</category><category>apprentice</category><category>theapprentice</category><category>project.management</category></item><item><title>The Difference Between Planning for Success and Planning for Failure</title><description>So what is the difference between planning for success and planning for failure?  Here&amp;#8217;s an...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/465662464</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/465662464</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>scrum pff success</category></item><item><title>You Get the Reputation You Deserve</title><description>
I walked in early for a meeting I had with the Director of the Project Management Office at a...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/316432282</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/316432282</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Waterfall – The Monkey's Paw of Software Development</title><description>I&amp;#8217;m a strong advocate for Agile development methodologies and frameworks, however, I&amp;#8217;ve...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/259532859</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/259532859</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate><category>waterfall</category><category>agile</category><category>monkey.paw</category></item><item><title>Problem --&gt; Solution</title><description>A lot of management folk I’ve dealt with have brought this up enough times that it’s worth talking...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/247520036</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/247520036</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:12:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Informed Experience</title><description>&amp;#8220;Informed experience&amp;#8221;, the phrase made it into Todd&amp;#8217;s initial post. Reading it...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/242125755</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/242125755</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Do We Plan for Failure?</title><description>Welcome to the first post at Planning for Failure!  Here we&amp;#8217;ll explore why most software...</description><link>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/242292892</link><guid>http://www.planningforfailure.com/post/242292892</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:03:44 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

