Congratulations to Scott Duncan of Ellerslie, Georgia! Scott provided the winning entry in our agile roadblock contest. Scott’s entry stressed the importance of being iterative within an iteration, as opposed to delivering everything at once at the end. A great principle to stress to teams.

Scott’s entry earned him a brand Asus Eee Netbook. Stay tuned for future contests.

Everyone encounters challenges when moving to agile.  What was yours?  Tell us how you overcame a roadblock and you could win an Asus Eee PC Netbook.

We are looking for stories of how you became more agile despite a constraint within your company.  To give you a feel for what we are looking for, some of the common constraints we encounter are:

• Multiple product owners
• Limited product owner availability
• Team maturity and the ability to self-manage
• Project team also supports production
• Regulatory requirements: SOX, GMPs, ISO
• Internal requirements for PMLC/SDLC
• Distributed team members
• Dependency on other departments
• Fixed bid work

How to enter

Entering is easy.  Use the “Leave a reply” box at the bottom of this page to post your entry.  Your entry should include:

1. The scenario.  What agile principles were you pursuing when you encountered a roadblock?  You can see the agile principles on the Agile Alliance website.
2. The solution.  What did you do to overcome your constraint?
3. The result.  What was the result of your solution?

 Rules

1.    Only one posting per person.
2.    Submit your entry by 6 PM Eastern Time, August 28th, 2009.
3.    Winner to be announced at 9 PM Eastern Time on August 28th, 2009.

Complete list of rules

Grand Prize

The person with the best submission will win an Asus Eec PC.  This netbook is top rated and provides everything needed to be effective on the road, or when you are away from your main laptop or computer.  You can see the specifications here.

Other Notes

The email address you enter will not be posted with your submission.  We will only use it to contact you if you win.  You can maintain anonymity for yourself and for your company if you want to maintain privacy.

The winner will be determined by reviewing votes on the submissions and by subjective review by the GS Solutions Group review team.

Not interested in entering?  You can still help us by voting for your favorite entry by clicking on the “thumbs up” icon. The amount of votes received will factor into the selection process.

Why are we having a contest?

The purpose of this contest is to promote the services of GS Solutions Group and our blog, Agile in an Imperfect World.  We are here to help you with training and establishing processes that allow you to deliver great projects.  You can read more about our services here.

If you have questions about your submission, or the contest in general, you can email us at greg@gssolutionsgroup.com.