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Value Stram Mapping has been around for years, but it is only recently that I started hearing about it in the context of software development. Maybe the renewed attention can get us to focus at the whole process rather than only the development part?

Nearly all projects I have either been involved in or heard of that claim they are using Scrum, are only using it for the development part of the process. The total process from an idea is born until it is in production usually consists of a gazillion boxes and arrows where the development part is one of the boxes. By optimizing this little box (for example by introducing Scrum), the process efficiency (if you are lucky) maybe increases from 4.0% to 4.1%…. Is this what we call sub-optimizing…?

Value Stream Mapping can help us optimize the parts that really gives impact and is an excellent tool for removing waste.

This year I came back and did what I did not do last year. Just as they did then, Epsilon IT arranged a coding challenge at their booth. Last year I ended at 5th place, but this year I actually came home with a brand new iPod…. A good day for me at Øredev

The fourth annual Øredev Developers Conference is up this week. Bigger than ever stretching over five days, including workshops, courses and a three day conference. I am attending for the third time this year, having missed only the first one.

It has been a long time since last post from me. I have had a lot to do at work lately, but this is in my eyes not an excuse. Guess I have been wondering whether to continue blogging or not. Seems like these traditional blogs are kind of out nowadays. Everybody seem to have moved from blogging via Facebook over to Twitter…

The title of this post has a double meening. Not only am I back in the blogspace, but I am also back in San Francisco. That means it is time for JavaOne again.Watch out for new posts here. Maybe this is just what I need to get me back in the game again…

This is my last day at my current assignment, so I guess you could say that I have run out of cheese (see previous post on cheese).

Luckily enough I have not been like Hem, but more like Sniff, so I sniffed up a new assignment well in advance. On Monday I will start in my new project as an “Agile Coach”. I have always been preaching agile practices on all my assignments, but this is the first time it has been formalized. I am looking very much forward to it, and hopefully it will result in lots of blog posts here in the future.

I have created pages for Resources and Community. These will (hopefully) be updated with more relevant information as time goes by. That is my intention anyway!

I have converted my blog and website to WordPress and given it a new look. Hope you like it!