Dave Bales has managed software development teams for a number of years, primarily in the finance industry based in London, UK. Recently he relocated to sunny Christchurch, NZ where he continues his enthusiasm for self organizing "thinking" teams, and their optimistic approach to software development.

Recent Comments by David

On The Case of the Time Tyrant
I recently started using scrum with one of my teams and they also had puzzled looks when the total number of ideal hours exceeded the amount of time expected in a regular working week. But they took it on trust with the story points, which were al...
On "Four"warned Is Forearmed
On the second half of our sprints I start asking the team if they think that we are going to make the commitment or if we need to think about descoping, and then I repeat it during the daily stand ups all the way up until the sprint review. It sou...