1. The Oath of Non-Allegiance
Louise Paling
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I’m tired of people from one school of thought dissing ideas from some other school of thought. I hunger for people who don’t care where the ideas come from, just what they mean and what they produce. So I came up with this “Oath of Non-Allegiance”.
(Alistair Cockburn)

2. consideration any idea
“I promise
not to exclude from
consideration any idea
based on its source, but to consider ideas across schools and heritages in order to find the ones that best suit the current situation.”
Alistair Cockburn
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3. 1. Waterfall
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4. 1. Waterfall
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5. 2. ITIL
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6. 2. ITIL
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7. 3. Scaled Agile
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8. 3. Scaled Agile
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9. 4. Theory of Constraints
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10. 4. Theory of Constraints User story mapping image: FlorianBauer79
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11. 5. Lean Startup
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12. 5. Lean Startup
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13. 6. Extreme Programming (XP)
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14. 6. Extreme Programming (XP)
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15. 7. Cynefin
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16. 7. Cynefin
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17. 7. Cynefin
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18. 8. Pomodoro Technique Multi-tasking image: thegoldguys.blogspot.com
Pomodoro image: Michael Mayer
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19. 8. Pomodoro Technique Multi-tasking image: thegoldguys.blogspot.com
Pomodoro image: Michael Mayer
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20. 9. Monte Carlo Estimation
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21. 9. Monte Carlo Estimation
Planning poker image: Joel Bez
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22. 10. People – the root of all problems
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23. 10. People – the cure for all problems
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24. One size doesn’t fit all situations
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25. consideration any idea
“I promise
not to exclude from
consideration any idea
based on its source, but to consider ideas across schools and heritages in order to find the ones that best suit the current situation.”
Alistair Cockburn
@short_louise