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		<title>Comment on Why Can&#8217;t We See the Ships on the Shore?  Agile Teams Can, Can Yours? by sarryife</title>
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		<description>Even though all members of ones own see the other everyday, binding remains required. It is basically the easiest method to improve the call among the list of close relatives and perhaps help make your marriage to each other more powerful. It is definitely fantastic to behave exterior but should the weather conditions isn&#039;t that great or if it really is pouring birds outdoors, you can look at different types of indoors online games and activities that could actually make anyone feel happy. This is an excellent different that you can factor in. Listed here are some of the online games or even the activities which can be done indoors.Hide and go seek has become the most popular video game titles  actually played out and this also can be made in the house. Anyone must be an InitInches that happen to be in charge of seeking other family members that are camouflaging. The first one which will be uncovered devoid of holdingPerhitting the house starting are able to function as up coming Inchesit.Inch But should you be think that this isn&#039;t a good option, it is possible to explore charade that&#039;s one more in house online game. In this particular game, if possible, there needs to be two squads. You will have a member that can act on the word that is certainly published on certificates whilst the folks have been around in-management of questioning the phrase. The team with issues will be expressed as being the champion.Aside from hide and seek and charade, a large variety of greeting card and games are on the list of excellent possibilities you could check into. Card games include things like Menagerie, Older Maid, Moving, Natural stone, Slapjack and many other. For board games, you&#039;ll be able to decide on Scrabble, Chess, Monopoly, Loved ones Feud and Checkers. Because you have a lot of options to think about, you just have to choose one which you believe really is enjoyment.On the flip side, if you find that trying to play the video games that had been mentioned previously is definately not sufficiently good, you may opt for alternative activities which the majority of the relatives have likes and dislikes in. By way of example, if you love to cookVersusbake whilst your children, you may make this action as a way to relationship with your family. You are able to allocate each one member to accomplish the specific perhaps the preparing your receipeeOrbaking method to ensure that every person will like. Ensure that anyone actually reaches get involved in this kind of action. And once your meals are cooked properly or pastry is cooked, you&#039;ll be able to take in it together with the relatives. Anyone will surely be content  to consume the fresh fruits of these toil. Other than bakingAndbaking, additionally you can take into consideration various other pursuits like piece of art, dance, music and singing, looking at, observing flicks and several  extra.These are very methods to bond with the fam these are truly helpful. There is no need for you devote some huge cash since these easy elements can undoubtedly take contentment to everyone specifically household is entire. It may not be really necessary that these materials ought to be done on a daily basis. Once or perhaps rare occasions each month is going to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though all members of ones own see the other everyday, binding remains required. It is basically the easiest method to improve the call among the list of close relatives and perhaps help make your marriage to each other more powerful. It is definitely fantastic to behave exterior but should the weather conditions isn&#8217;t that great or if it really is pouring birds outdoors, you can look at different types of indoors online games and activities that could actually make anyone feel happy. This is an excellent different that you can factor in. Listed here are some of the online games or even the activities which can be done indoors.Hide and go seek has become the most popular video game titles  actually played out and this also can be made in the house. Anyone must be an InitInches that happen to be in charge of seeking other family members that are camouflaging. The first one which will be uncovered devoid of holdingPerhitting the house starting are able to function as up coming Inchesit.Inch But should you be think that this isn&#8217;t a good option, it is possible to explore charade that&#8217;s one more in house online game. In this particular game, if possible, there needs to be two squads. You will have a member that can act on the word that is certainly published on certificates whilst the folks have been around in-management of questioning the phrase. The team with issues will be expressed as being the champion.Aside from hide and seek and charade, a large variety of greeting card and games are on the list of excellent possibilities you could check into. Card games include things like Menagerie, Older Maid, Moving, Natural stone, Slapjack and many other. For board games, you&#8217;ll be able to decide on Scrabble, Chess, Monopoly, Loved ones Feud and Checkers. Because you have a lot of options to think about, you just have to choose one which you believe really is enjoyment.On the flip side, if you find that trying to play the video games that had been mentioned previously is definately not sufficiently good, you may opt for alternative activities which the majority of the relatives have likes and dislikes in. By way of example, if you love to cookVersusbake whilst your children, you may make this action as a way to relationship with your family. You are able to allocate each one member to accomplish the specific perhaps the preparing your receipeeOrbaking method to ensure that every person will like. Ensure that anyone actually reaches get involved in this kind of action. And once your meals are cooked properly or pastry is cooked, you&#8217;ll be able to take in it together with the relatives. Anyone will surely be content  to consume the fresh fruits of these toil. Other than bakingAndbaking, additionally you can take into consideration various other pursuits like piece of art, dance, music and singing, looking at, observing flicks and several  extra.These are very methods to bond with the fam these are truly helpful. There is no need for you devote some huge cash since these easy elements can undoubtedly take contentment to everyone specifically household is entire. It may not be really necessary that these materials ought to be done on a daily basis. Once or perhaps rare occasions each month is going to do.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Can&#8217;t We See the Ships on the Shore?  Agile Teams Can, Can Yours? by sarryife</title>
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		<dc:creator>sarryife</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even though all members of ones own see the other person on a daily basis, connecting continues to vital. This is certainly basically the obvious way to reinforce the call among the family members and perhaps design your romance to one another healthier. It is really great to behave out-of-doors but if the conditions is not that excellent or maybe it is pouring birds out of doors, you can consider different kinds of indoors online games and actions that will genuinely make absolutely everyone feel happy. This is a good substitute you could take into account. Listed here are some of the games or exercises you can apply in the house.Hide and seek has become the most popular video games  ever before played out this can definitely be practiced indoors. Another person should be an InchesitIn . who&#039;ll be in charge of trying to find other close relatives who definitely are covering up. Reduce costs that might be found with no pressing/achieving the property bottom will function as up coming Half inchit.Half inch But if you&#039;re think that this may not be an amazing solution, you are able to explore charade which happens to be one more household video game. Within this game, if possible, there should be two teams. There will be a member that can rebel the idea of that may be published on a piece of paper while the folks have been around in-handle of estimating the saying. They with the most factors will then be stated because the champion.Besides hide and seek and charade, a large variety of unit card and board games will also be one of many suitable alternatives you can take a look at. Cards contain Menagerie, Previous House maid, Moving, Stone, Slapjack and many more. For games, you can go with Scrabble, Mentally stimulating games, Monopoly, Household Feud and Pieces. When you have a lot of options to think about, less costly choose the brains behind you think that is absolutely entertaining.On the flip side, if you think participating in the game titles which are already stated won&#039;t be sufficient, you&#039;ll be able to choose alternative activities which most of the close relatives have hobbies in. As an illustration, if you want in order to cookPercook to be able your children, then you could makes exercise so that you can connect with the family. You may determine just about every participant to do some perhaps the baking/preparing process in order that anyone will cherish. Be certain that all people actually reaches engage in like pastime. And once the food is grilled or perhaps the food is baked, you may take in it alongside one another because of the relatives. Everybody will surely be delighted  you can eat the fruit of their total job. Apart from cooking foodVersusbaking, you can also take into consideration another activities like painting, moving, vocal range, studying, seeing movies and many  additional.These are merely pretty methods to bond with your family but the are truly useful. You don&#039;t have to suit your needs shell out big money because these basic factors can surely carry delight to everyone especially if the family is comprehensive. It may not be really needed that these items should be done each day. Once per week or perhaps a rare occasions each month are going to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though all members of ones own see the other person on a daily basis, connecting continues to vital. This is certainly basically the obvious way to reinforce the call among the family members and perhaps design your romance to one another healthier. It is really great to behave out-of-doors but if the conditions is not that excellent or maybe it is pouring birds out of doors, you can consider different kinds of indoors online games and actions that will genuinely make absolutely everyone feel happy. This is a good substitute you could take into account. Listed here are some of the games or exercises you can apply in the house.Hide and seek has become the most popular video games  ever before played out this can definitely be practiced indoors. Another person should be an InchesitIn . who&#8217;ll be in charge of trying to find other close relatives who definitely are covering up. Reduce costs that might be found with no pressing/achieving the property bottom will function as up coming Half inchit.Half inch But if you&#8217;re think that this may not be an amazing solution, you are able to explore charade which happens to be one more household video game. Within this game, if possible, there should be two teams. There will be a member that can rebel the idea of that may be published on a piece of paper while the folks have been around in-handle of estimating the saying. They with the most factors will then be stated because the champion.Besides hide and seek and charade, a large variety of unit card and board games will also be one of many suitable alternatives you can take a look at. Cards contain Menagerie, Previous House maid, Moving, Stone, Slapjack and many more. For games, you can go with Scrabble, Mentally stimulating games, Monopoly, Household Feud and Pieces. When you have a lot of options to think about, less costly choose the brains behind you think that is absolutely entertaining.On the flip side, if you think participating in the game titles which are already stated won&#8217;t be sufficient, you&#8217;ll be able to choose alternative activities which most of the close relatives have hobbies in. As an illustration, if you want in order to cookPercook to be able your children, then you could makes exercise so that you can connect with the family. You may determine just about every participant to do some perhaps the baking/preparing process in order that anyone will cherish. Be certain that all people actually reaches engage in like pastime. And once the food is grilled or perhaps the food is baked, you may take in it alongside one another because of the relatives. Everybody will surely be delighted  you can eat the fruit of their total job. Apart from cooking foodVersusbaking, you can also take into consideration another activities like painting, moving, vocal range, studying, seeing movies and many  additional.These are merely pretty methods to bond with your family but the are truly useful. You don&#8217;t have to suit your needs shell out big money because these basic factors can surely carry delight to everyone especially if the family is comprehensive. It may not be really needed that these items should be done each day. Once per week or perhaps a rare occasions each month are going to do.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Can&#8217;t We See the Ships on the Shore?  Agile Teams Can, Can Yours? by sarryife</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even when all customers of your family see one another every day, relationship continues to be needed. This is certainly in essence the easiest method to bolster the partnership among the close relatives and even create your connection to one another more powerful. It&#039;s really good to do something out-of-doors but if your temperature is certainly not very good or if it is really seeing outside the house, you can look at a variety of indoors activities and pursuits which could definitely make absolutely everyone feel good. This is a great different that you may take into account. Here are the games or even the activities which can be done inside your own home.Hide and seek is one of the hottest activities  ever played out this also can be performed inside. Another person ought to be an &quot;itIn . who definitely are dependable of searching for other family members who&#039;re hiding. Website that is to be discovered without having in contact withPerhitting your home bottom will then function as next &quot;it.In . But in case you are believe that this may not be a great option, it is possible to take a look at charade which is another indoor video game. On this video game, ultimately, there has to be two organizations. There will be a part that may make a scene the idea of that is definitely composed on a piece of paper although the other members are usually in-power over guessing the idea of. They with items will be declared for the reason that safe bet.Apart from hide and seek and charade, a large collection of greeting card and board games may also be among the list of suitable choices you can check into. Cards contain Menagerie, Aged House maid, Coming, Jewel, Slapjack and others. For games, you are able to decide on Scrabble, Chess, Monopoly, Household Feud and Pieces. Simply because you have a lot of options to check out, you need to simply decide on the one which you feel is basically enjoyment.On the flip side, if you find that actively playing the video games that have been already stated is definately not adequate, you can decide on other suggestions which almost all of the relatives have passions in. As an illustration, if you love in order to cookAndmake whilst your kids, you&#039;ll be able to get this to hobby so that you can connect with your family. You may assign each representative to accomplish a clear portion of the preparing your receipeeAndpreparing course of action to make sure that all people will relish. Guarantee that absolutely everyone gets to participate in this kind of action. And when cuisine is prepared or even the food is cooked, you&#039;ll be able to feed on it collectively because of the family. Everybody will truly be content  to consume the berries of the work. Aside from cookingOrthis baking, you may also consider other sorts of pursuits like painting them, dancing, vocal, reading through, looking at films and a lot of  far more.Mentioned incredibly approaches to attachment with the fam but these can be extremely useful. You shouldn&#039;t have for you shell out a lot of cash since these easy issues can absolutely take joy to everyone particularly if the family members are comprehensive. It isn&#039;t definitely crucial that these things should be carried out daily. Weekly or perhaps few times each month will perform.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even when all customers of your family see one another every day, relationship continues to be needed. This is certainly in essence the easiest method to bolster the partnership among the close relatives and even create your connection to one another more powerful. It&#8217;s really good to do something out-of-doors but if your temperature is certainly not very good or if it is really seeing outside the house, you can look at a variety of indoors activities and pursuits which could definitely make absolutely everyone feel good. This is a great different that you may take into account. Here are the games or even the activities which can be done inside your own home.Hide and seek is one of the hottest activities  ever played out this also can be performed inside. Another person ought to be an &#8220;itIn . who definitely are dependable of searching for other family members who&#8217;re hiding. Website that is to be discovered without having in contact withPerhitting your home bottom will then function as next &#8220;it.In . But in case you are believe that this may not be a great option, it is possible to take a look at charade which is another indoor video game. On this video game, ultimately, there has to be two organizations. There will be a part that may make a scene the idea of that is definitely composed on a piece of paper although the other members are usually in-power over guessing the idea of. They with items will be declared for the reason that safe bet.Apart from hide and seek and charade, a large collection of greeting card and board games may also be among the list of suitable choices you can check into. Cards contain Menagerie, Aged House maid, Coming, Jewel, Slapjack and others. For games, you are able to decide on Scrabble, Chess, Monopoly, Household Feud and Pieces. Simply because you have a lot of options to check out, you need to simply decide on the one which you feel is basically enjoyment.On the flip side, if you find that actively playing the video games that have been already stated is definately not adequate, you can decide on other suggestions which almost all of the relatives have passions in. As an illustration, if you love in order to cookAndmake whilst your kids, you&#8217;ll be able to get this to hobby so that you can connect with your family. You may assign each representative to accomplish a clear portion of the preparing your receipeeAndpreparing course of action to make sure that all people will relish. Guarantee that absolutely everyone gets to participate in this kind of action. And when cuisine is prepared or even the food is cooked, you&#8217;ll be able to feed on it collectively because of the family. Everybody will truly be content  to consume the berries of the work. Aside from cookingOrthis baking, you may also consider other sorts of pursuits like painting them, dancing, vocal, reading through, looking at films and a lot of  far more.Mentioned incredibly approaches to attachment with the fam but these can be extremely useful. You shouldn&#8217;t have for you shell out a lot of cash since these easy issues can absolutely take joy to everyone particularly if the family members are comprehensive. It isn&#8217;t definitely crucial that these things should be carried out daily. Weekly or perhaps few times each month will perform.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Can&#8217;t We See the Ships on the Shore?  Agile Teams Can, Can Yours? by Lucia_Mync</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on The Roar on the Other Side of Silence by Ross</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is possibly my favorite of your articles. I also gained insight from the &quot;The Wisdom of Teams&quot; and regularly recommend it to those I work with.  perhaps I will begin also recommending your blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is possibly my favorite of your articles. I also gained insight from the &#8220;The Wisdom of Teams&#8221; and regularly recommend it to those I work with.  perhaps I will begin also recommending your blog.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Apoptosis of a Waterfall Approach by Ross</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>insightful and forward thinking. Great post Bill</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>insightful and forward thinking. Great post Bill</p>
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		<title>Comment on So There I Am, Shaving a Yak&#8230; by Uncompetative</title>
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		<description>Keeping your camera in the glove compartment of your car as a matter of organisational policy would have avoided this wretched chain of events, buying a cheap disposable camera would be an alternative pragmatic solution for the non-perfectionist. It isn&#039;t so much a question of &quot;Don&#039;t be a perfectionist&quot;, but &quot;Adopt lower standards if you lack order.&quot;

I too have realised that I am guilty of Yak Shaving, having set out to create a video game I decided that none of the middleware that was available was sufficiently streamlined to boost my productivity by the order of magnitude that I required to be able to complete the game&#039;s development in a matter of a few years. Without tools that were designed to harmonise with the way I chose to conceive my &quot;worlds&quot; I would take decades to realise my vision. Yet, the development of these tools would be made much more rapid through the use of a bespoke programming language - after all, none existed at that time that precisely fit my stringent criteria. I didn&#039;t know myself quite what the specification of my language should be, at first... soon realising that I needed to engage in some Research in order to better perfect its Design. I read about the merits of separate compilation, Eiffel&#039;s melting-ice technology and later on about live-programming. I read about functional programming, referential transparency, term-graph rewriting systems, symbolic programming and constraints. I thought a lot about how an incremental integrated development environment could allow me to build the language/API/system/tools around myself and given how similar this was to Smalltalk that a reevaluation of the GUI was not &quot;off-topic&quot; if its perfection accelerated my future productivity. Every detour could be justified this way and without any imposed deadlines on my hobby project I continued in this pattern, not even blinking as I spent two whole years redesigning my keyboard layout. I was having fun.

However, there was a darker side... having begun in 1991 it didn&#039;t escape my attention a decade ago that my estimates were, how shall we say, a little &quot;off&quot;. I had become so absorbed in the immediate problem and so fascinated by learning about and integrating new technologies into my design that the original objective of writing a game within a few years having spent a majority of those years building productivity enhancing tools so that the game could be completed painlessly in half of the remaining time which would be a tenth of the time it would otherwise have taken had obviously failed. Numbers did not add up. I had taken too long and wasn&#039;t even past the design phase. Yet, I couldn&#039;t stop what I had been doing... I had to see it through without compromise. I had to strive for perfection as falling short of that lofty goal would determine the limits of my ability. How good could I be? I had to know.

And then there was the fear. The niggling doubt that festered at the back of my mind that cutting any corner now, avoiding any detours in a blind sprint to the finish, would inevitably welcome disaster as I would likely find my future self using my completed middleware unable to do some overlooked thing because I had &quot;rushed it into production&quot;. The longer I spent on it, the stronger this dread became.

Don&#039;t shave your Yak.

At this point, twenty years in, I find it easier to keep shaving. Although, as I have shaved one end of my personal Yak (so to speak) and moved on to the other end, it has started to regrow its coat. Since I began there are new languages, paradigms and architectures to research, digest, assess, reject and/or incorporate. Is the task finite? Well, I am confident that I am finally ahead of the curve... new things remind me of old things, aspects connect and reduce, dissenting opinions are resolved with greater wisdom... does anyone need to stuff a mattress?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keeping your camera in the glove compartment of your car as a matter of organisational policy would have avoided this wretched chain of events, buying a cheap disposable camera would be an alternative pragmatic solution for the non-perfectionist. It isn&#8217;t so much a question of &#8220;Don&#8217;t be a perfectionist&#8221;, but &#8220;Adopt lower standards if you lack order.&#8221;</p>
<p>I too have realised that I am guilty of Yak Shaving, having set out to create a video game I decided that none of the middleware that was available was sufficiently streamlined to boost my productivity by the order of magnitude that I required to be able to complete the game&#8217;s development in a matter of a few years. Without tools that were designed to harmonise with the way I chose to conceive my &#8220;worlds&#8221; I would take decades to realise my vision. Yet, the development of these tools would be made much more rapid through the use of a bespoke programming language &#8211; after all, none existed at that time that precisely fit my stringent criteria. I didn&#8217;t know myself quite what the specification of my language should be, at first&#8230; soon realising that I needed to engage in some Research in order to better perfect its Design. I read about the merits of separate compilation, Eiffel&#8217;s melting-ice technology and later on about live-programming. I read about functional programming, referential transparency, term-graph rewriting systems, symbolic programming and constraints. I thought a lot about how an incremental integrated development environment could allow me to build the language/API/system/tools around myself and given how similar this was to Smalltalk that a reevaluation of the GUI was not &#8220;off-topic&#8221; if its perfection accelerated my future productivity. Every detour could be justified this way and without any imposed deadlines on my hobby project I continued in this pattern, not even blinking as I spent two whole years redesigning my keyboard layout. I was having fun.</p>
<p>However, there was a darker side&#8230; having begun in 1991 it didn&#8217;t escape my attention a decade ago that my estimates were, how shall we say, a little &#8220;off&#8221;. I had become so absorbed in the immediate problem and so fascinated by learning about and integrating new technologies into my design that the original objective of writing a game within a few years having spent a majority of those years building productivity enhancing tools so that the game could be completed painlessly in half of the remaining time which would be a tenth of the time it would otherwise have taken had obviously failed. Numbers did not add up. I had taken too long and wasn&#8217;t even past the design phase. Yet, I couldn&#8217;t stop what I had been doing&#8230; I had to see it through without compromise. I had to strive for perfection as falling short of that lofty goal would determine the limits of my ability. How good could I be? I had to know.</p>
<p>And then there was the fear. The niggling doubt that festered at the back of my mind that cutting any corner now, avoiding any detours in a blind sprint to the finish, would inevitably welcome disaster as I would likely find my future self using my completed middleware unable to do some overlooked thing because I had &#8220;rushed it into production&#8221;. The longer I spent on it, the stronger this dread became.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t shave your Yak.</p>
<p>At this point, twenty years in, I find it easier to keep shaving. Although, as I have shaved one end of my personal Yak (so to speak) and moved on to the other end, it has started to regrow its coat. Since I began there are new languages, paradigms and architectures to research, digest, assess, reject and/or incorporate. Is the task finite? Well, I am confident that I am finally ahead of the curve&#8230; new things remind me of old things, aspects connect and reduce, dissenting opinions are resolved with greater wisdom&#8230; does anyone need to stuff a mattress?</p>
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		<title>Comment on 10 Min. Training: 3 Ingredients for a GREAT Product Owner by cbs68</title>
		<link>http://theagileadvisors.com/agile-thoughts/10-min-training-3-ingredients-for-a-great-product-owner/comment-page-1/#comment-705</link>
		<dc:creator>cbs68</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like your blog in general Bill and these training presentations are really good.  With regards to your analogy of the boat and the Engine (the development team) and the Captain (the Product Owner), where do you see the Project Manager or Scrum Master within the structure??  This harks back to the commonly asked question from company executives what is the role of the PM in the agile model and is a PM really needed then?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like your blog in general Bill and these training presentations are really good.  With regards to your analogy of the boat and the Engine (the development team) and the Captain (the Product Owner), where do you see the Project Manager or Scrum Master within the structure??  This harks back to the commonly asked question from company executives what is the role of the PM in the agile model and is a PM really needed then?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Agile2011 Ice Breaker Walkthrough by Kinzie</title>
		<link>http://theagileadvisors.com/humor/agile2011-ice-breaker-walkthrough/comment-page-1/#comment-697</link>
		<dc:creator>Kinzie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very cool Bill!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very cool Bill!</p>
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		<title>Comment on 10 Minute Training: Agile Documentation &#8211; What Do We Need To Keep? by Ciaran Kennedy</title>
		<link>http://theagileadvisors.com/agile-thoughts/10-minute-training-agile-documentation-what-do-we-need-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-695</link>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran Kennedy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi

Great video I uploaded it to my scrum community if thats ok come join us would be great to have you onboard?

Cheers
Ciaran
Founder Scrum Ireland</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi</p>
<p>Great video I uploaded it to my scrum community if thats ok come join us would be great to have you onboard?</p>
<p>Cheers<br />
Ciaran<br />
Founder Scrum Ireland</p>
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