Adrian MowatCertify Adrian Mowat

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Certifications Received

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert certifies that Adrian Mowat is, at a minimum, qualified as a master, capable of innovating in the skill TDD tools for ETL (Extract Transform Load) software development, based on this evidence:

Adrian was a member of a software team that I coached for 10 months. During that time he devoured all the agile reading I could recommend, and started to wrestle with the problem of how to do proper TDD with the graphical ETL language the team used. There were no existing TDD frameworks for that. He and another team member constructed an interim script-based TDD framework that made the difference for the project being completed on time. Even other waterfall teams started adopting the technique.

Then he went on and set himself the task of finding a way to get FIT-type testing into place for ETL code. (The script-based way had been a step forward but was awkward.) After he left that work place he continued to refine his ideas and produced Fit4Data. This is true leading-edge innovation. ETL software is an area of database work that many people had said just isn't appropriate for Agile ideas. Not so! Adrian is becoming quite a thought leader in this area.

Certifications Given

Adrian Mowat certifies that Nancy Van Schooenderwoert is, at a minimum, qualified as a master, capable of innovating in the skill helping organisations become more Agile through the practical application of Lean thinking, based on this evidence:

Nancy introduced me to Agile when she joined a process-heavy company I was working for at the time as their first Agile coach. She quickly established a pilot Agile team (which I was part of) that delivered reliable high-quality software in much shorter time frames than the client was used to. What was amazing about her approach was that she did it in such a way that we delivered all the usual process documentation so we achieved 100% on the internal process-conformance scoring system. There was very little resistance - even from departments that had previously been a bit thorny!

From that solid start, she worked tirelessly with managers, customers and techies to show how the team could get even better, show how the Agile team could fit into the existing organisation, how to start new teams and move to a more Lean system of work. I always knew she was pulling for the team when she was out in the wider community, and I am sure the managers were sure she was pulling for them when she was working with the teams. There's no ambiguity there - she is a master applying her deep knowledge and experience of Agile development to finding effective solutions that help everyone involved "take that next step".

Adrian Mowat certifies that Kevin Rutherford is, at a minimum, qualified as a master, capable of innovating in the skill publicising and hosting Agile Skypecasts, based on this evidence:

Kevin has done a great job of setting up and running two successful "Naked Agilist" Agile mini-conferences using Skype. The first was in April 2007 and we used Skypecast to run a live conference where others had tried and failed. The second was in January 2008 when Kevin reacting well to the news that Skypecast was broken and ran an equally successful event using a normal Skype conference call distributed as a podcast. See http://www.nakedagilists.com/ for more details.

Adrian Mowat certifies that Laurent Bossavit is, at a minimum, qualified to help others in the use of the skill agile certification, based on this evidence:

Certification is a contentious subject at the moment so well done to Laurent (and Brian) for making a constructive statement and making time to set up this site which is an innovative and very worthwhile contribution to the community.

Adrian Mowat certifies that Brian Marick is, at a minimum, qualified to help others in the use of the skill agile certification, based on this evidence:

Certification is a contentious subject at the moment so well done to Brian (and Laurent) for making a constructive statement and making time to set up this site which is an innovative and very worthwhile contribution to the community.