About

Mastering the Obvious is a blog about Agile coaching, software testing, positive deviance and general geekery.  I chose this title because working (and living) in an Agile way is deceptively simple, yet damn hard to do.  The trick is in making things about what you’re doing and how you’re doing it as visible and obvious as possible, and then developing mastery in the skills and domains that will help you and your team to succeed – while having fun along the way.

Who am I?

I’m an Agile coach and geek-of-many-trades living and working in and around Ottawa ON Canada.  Before I was a coach, I was a software tester, and then a development manager.  Long before all of that, I was a social worker and community organizer.

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