Author: Simon Roberts

New Internet Connection

We’ve moved to Arcor for our telephone and Internet connection. So far I’m very impressed. Here’s the Speedtest:

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Genesis – Turning it on again in Berlin!

I went to the Genesis concert on 03/07 in Berlin at the Olympic Stadium. The band were in fine form and played a great mixture of classic and 80’s songs. Photos here.

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Is the Toyota Production System Responsible for Toyota’s Success?

In April of this year it was announced that Toyota had overtaken General Motors as the largest manufacturer of automobiles in the world in terms of vehicles sold. It seems that they will maintain this lead for some time to come. Interesting, a Toyota representative played down the achievement stating that they were focussed on… Continue reading Is the Toyota Production System Responsible for Toyota’s Success?

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TDD Workshop

I recently led a test-driven development (TDD) workshop for the team that I am currently coaching. We’ve been working together for several Sprints (every Sprint bar none has resulted in valuable functionality that has been put into production). We’ve previously looked at unit tests in detail and I had made a strong recommendation to try… Continue reading TDD Workshop

Second Talk on Agile at CDTM

I was recently invited to do another talk on agile methods at the Center for Digital Technology and Management in Munich, Germany. This time, the talk covered the following areas: user stories agile estimating and planning After examining some of the characteristics of good user stories, the students practiced writing some (with “As a …,… Continue reading Second Talk on Agile at CDTM

Talk on Scrum and SOA at the CDTM in Munich

I was recently invited to talk about Scrum and SOA at the Center for Digital Technology and Management in Munich, Germany. The CDTM is a partnership between two Munich universities and cooperates closely with industry. It’s aim is to “prepare the students for future leadership positions in their professional career.” The talk was provided as… Continue reading Talk on Scrum and SOA at the CDTM in Munich

Twitter Updates for 2007-04-19

Booking a hotel for next week in Munich – there must be something really big going on because the nearest I could get was about 80km away. # Powered by Twitter Tools.