Monthly Archives: November 2007

pomodoro technique goes international

The timeboxing technique well known in Italy as Pomodoro technique is going international. My friend Matteo Vaccari had a speech at the xp days Benelux 2007. Online slides are on slideshare.
The original paper from Francesco is also now translated in English.
I’ve tried the technique and wrote also the mobile timeboxing app. I found it useful [...]

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Observational learning in teams

On wikipedia there’s an amazing page about learning, and I’m more than anything else interested in the Observational learning.
Learning is the acquisition and development of memories and behaviors, including skills, knowledge, understanding, values, and wisdom. It is the goal of education, and the product of experience.
Why Observational learning? Pairing in an XP team is the [...]

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november speeches

It will be an honor to speech after the key note of Tim Mackinnon at the AgileDay organized by Marco in Bologna, I’ll present how we went from amber to green in four weeks in our last project in London, presenting a speech that Pat and I were setting up for the Xpday in London, [...]

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