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Satan

**Satan** is the father of the Antichrist, Adam Young.

## Background

Satan is the original demon; he led the rebellion against Heaven and was responsible for forming Hell (as an organisation, if not a place) when the rebel angels were made to Fall.

Before the Fall he used to be called Lucifer.

Satan is the ruler of Hell.

## Significance in series

### "The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives"

After Adam refuses to trigger the End of Days, despite Beelzebub's and Gabriel's attempts to persuade/bully him into it, the two supernatural beings depart to inform Adam's father, Satan, of Adam's disobedience. Minutes later, the earth begins to tremble as Satan ascends. Crowley and Aziraphale manage to speak to Adam right before Satan appears, encouraging him to use his power over reality to defeat - but not fight - his father.

Satan makes his entrance, demanding to know where his son is. When Adam comes forth, Satan (ironically) scolds him for rebelling. Adam, unaffected by Satan's words, uses his power to declare that Satan is not his father, pointing out that he was never there as a parental figure in Adam's life. This declaration results in reality being changed, with Satan no longer being his father, and Adam's adoptive father (now his real one), Arthur Young, appearing instead. This alteration of reality officially puts a stop to Armageddon.

## Powers and Abilities:

Near Omnipotence: Although Satan is a Fallen Angel, he still has the power to do anything he wants at a near omnipotent level, although he lacks omniscience because he fell from grace.

Creating Apocalyptic Disasters: With both Satan and the Antichrist walking the earth, they are able to create multiple apocalyptic disasters across the world, alongside The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. These disasters were only temporary and erased by the Antichrist.

## Gallery

### Videos

Good Omens - Featurette Casting Benedict Cumberbatch Prime VideoA video discussing Benedict Cumberbatch's role as Satan in *Good Omens*

## Trivia

* Thought his current height isn't really given within the show and the novel there are some articles after the release of the show that the crew behind the special effects/animation they wanted him to loom over the characters over a whopping 500 feet tall.

## References

1. ↑ "That was the angel Lucifer. He doesn't exist any more. Now there's just Satan, the adversary." - Neil Gaiman
2. ↑ ‘Good Omens’ Team on Creating the Confrontation With a 500-Foot Satan - Variety
Amma Ris

**Amma Ris** is actress an actress who portrays the human Pepper, one of Adam Young's friends in Season 1 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Ris other credits include her work on: *Chewing Gum* in 2017 as a young Candice for one episode. She also appeared as Martha in *His Dark Materials* (2019).
Bill Paterson

**Bill Paterson** ) is a Scottish actor and writer with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. He portrayed the mortal R.P. Tyler in Season 1 of the Prime Video streaming series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. He has appeared in films and TV series including *Comfort and Joy* (1984), *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1986), *Truly, Madly, Deeply* (1990), *Wives and Daughters* (1999), *Sea of Souls* (2004–2007), *Amazing Grace* (2006), *Miss Potter* (2006), *Little Dorrit* (2008), *Doctor Who* (2010), *Outlander* (2014), *Fleabag* (2016–2019), *Inside No. 9* (2018) and *Brassic* (2020). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs.

## References

1. ↑ Bill Paterson wins Lifetime Achievement award from BAFTA’s Scotland - Outlander Cast
Virtue and John Device

* Virtue
* John

**Virtue and John Device** are minor characters in Amazon series *Good Omens*. Virtue is the daughter of Agnes Nutter and married John Device. Anathema Device is one of their descendants.

## Background

When Agnes Nutter is burned at the stake, she leaves behind a box and *The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch* to be given to her daughter, Virtue, and son-in-law, John. The prophecies are accurate but meaningless to the couple in 1658.

## Significance in series

### "The Book"

After Agnes Nutter is burned at the stake, she leaves behind a box and *The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch* to be given to her daughter, Virtue, and son-in-law, John. The book contains several thousand prophecies, mostly relating to her family through the centuries, and each and every single one true, but meaningless to the couple in 1658. The book is passed down through the generations until reaching Anathema Device, Agnes Nutter's great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter.

### "The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives"

There was a second manuscript written but never published. It was kept in a box and entrusted to a law firm for safe keeping for 300 years. The box was delivered 300 years later to Agnes' descendant, Anathema, in 2019 after the Armageddon-that-wasn't. Anathema burns the book instead of being a descendant all of her life.
Ilan Galkoff

**Ilan Galkoff** is an actor who portrays the human Brian, one Adam Young's friends in Season 1 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Galkoff started his acting career age 8 on the stage as Nipper in Cameron Mackintosh's "Oliver!" The Musical UK Tour. Ilan has performed in 11 West End Shows such as Gavroche in "Les Miserables" at the Queens Theatre London, Nigel in "Matilda" at The Cambridge Theatre, Michael Hobbs in "Elf" at The Dominion Theatre and more recently playing the title role of Adrian Mole in "Adrian Mole the Musical" at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Ilan is also known for his voiceover work as Wendel in the Disney animation *Sofia The First* and singing for David in the Netflix graphic novel of *Hilda*.
Agile at Work / Getting better with Agile Retrospectives - Understanding the Role of Facilitator

To understand the role of facilitator, we must have a solid foundation of learning from a retrospective. Most teams focus on the wrong items and only talk about a few things that could have been improved, losing sight of the intended purpose. This is where independent facilitators come in, hired by organizations. These facilitators come in and run each retrospective, helping the team get the most out of the time, sometimes acting more as consultants for each team. This arbitrator gives good insight and an unbiased voice, but organizations can sometimes struggle with the time and cost of finding these independent facilitators. Because of this, it usually pushes someone from the team to help facilitate, with many teams asking the scrum master.

Retrospectives give teams a designed reflection of their work and time spent, looking back on the previous sprint to change or improve different aspects. Since the role of a scrum master is about action, they help remove any obstacles for the team, helping fix any problems that might occur. Ideally, due to conflict of interest, you wouldn’t want the same person who finds problems to be the one who tries to fix them.

These facilitators should also push their team to figure out how to improve the process. By the time it reaches a retrospective, it’s usually too late to fix the road block. It is always good to find out how to prevent the same problem from occurring again and for that, we can look towards our developers. But with these new roles, subtle differences change the agendas for any retrospective. Instead of fixing the process, we start to incorporate and talk about new tools and technologies, guiding them in a entirely new direction. The main concern should be trying to be aware of your own biases, to fight your own instincts, making sure the team doesn’t just follow your ideas, and understanding that your can be a facilitator or a contributor, just not at the same time.

Works Cited

"Understand the Role of Facilitator." *Lynda.com - from LinkedIn*, www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Understand-role-facilitator/175961/468242-4.html?srchtrk=index%3a1%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3aagile+five+phases+of+retrospective%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2.

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Muriel

## External links

**Muriel** is a supporting character in Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens* and the current owner of Aziraphale's bookshop.

## Background

Muriel is a low ranking Angel. They aren’t called upon for anything important, except for once every couple hundred years. Muriel is a 37th degree recording Angel scrivener, and very clueless about Earth.

## Quotes

“'Ello, 'ello, 'ello! What’s all this then?”

“Yes! Exactly! I’m a human police officer.”

“Oh, I didn’t listen. They said it was private.”

”But when I said yes just then, that was an error, which proves that I’m human.”

## Notes and trivia

* When asked about Muriel's gender, Neil Gaiman stated that he and John Finnemore used they/them pronouns for Muriel in the script, partially because they didn't know the gender of the actor who would be playing Muriel's part, and that beyond that, Muriel's gender is "angel".
* According to Neil Gaiman, Muriel’s name means "Smells like God".

## References

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ [2]
Maggie Service

**Maggie Service** is an actor. She portrayed Sister Theresa Garrulous in Season 1 and went on to portray Maggie in Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Rising star Maggie Service so impressed the *Good Omens* showrunners with her talent that they have written her a new leading role specifically designed for her this season. Service has an extensive career in theatre, including many performances in the West End and The National Theatre. In 2012 her performance in "The Country Wife" which garnered her a Manchester Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Service also has a strong background in radio, and her screen credits include *Quiz* directed by Stephen Frears, *Red Dwarf XI* directed by Doug Naylor, *Three Girls* directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, *Dr. Who* directed by Ben Wheatley and London Road directed by Rufus Norris.

## References

1. ↑ Bio for Maggie Service - Amazon Studios
Mark Gatiss

**Mark Gatiss** is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. He portrays the featured character of Harmony in the Prime Video streaming series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Gatiss is an accomplished author, actor and playwright. Originally from Sedgefield, County Durham, he graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA (honors) in Theatre Arts.

He was one-quarter of the award-winning comedy team *The League of Gentlemen* (1999) which also includes Reece Shearsmith, and became heavily involved in the post-television *Doctor Who* (1963) scene, having written a variety of novels and audio plays, together with a string of short supernatural/science-fiction films (most of which he appeared in). He also co-wrote three sketches for BBC2's "Doctor Who Night" in November 1999.

When *Doctor Who* (2005) was re-imagined by Russell T. Davies and returned to television, Gatiss became part of the writing team. He had another major success as the co-creator of *Sherlock* (2010) for the BBC with Steven Moffat and also stars in the series as Mycroft Holmes. He has co-written plays for the Edinburgh Festival and appeared in a number of theatre and radio shows.

On February 9, 2018 it was announced that Steve Pemberton and Gatiss had joined the series as featured cast members, which are defined a actors credited in the opening titles of episodes in which they play a significant role.

## References

1. ↑ Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton join BBC Two's Good Omens - BBC
Mrs. Sandwich

## External links

**Mrs. Sandwich** is a recurring character in Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*. She runs a brothel on Whickber Street.

## Trivia

* Preston is also known for playing the character Despair in the Netflix Original "The Sandman", another one of Neil Gaiman's adaptations.
* There is a sign on Mrs. Sandwich's door saying "DON'T PAY THE GUY IN THE BLUE GLASSES HE DOESN'T WORK HERE!!!", which is a reference to a real poster in Soho in the 1970s-90s warning customers about a scammer taking money from them.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/724911395545776128/iirc-i-spent-an-afternoon-looking-at-mostly?source=share
Johnny Vegas

**Michael Joseph Pennington**, better known as **Johnny Vegas**, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, chunky appearance, angry comedic rants, and use of surreal humour. He portrays the featured character of Ron Ormerod in the Prime Video streaming series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Vegas is perhaps best known for her breakout appearance in 1996, where he made his television debut as a contestant on *Win, Lose or Draw* in the UK under his real name, but made references to the fact he wanted to be a comedian and that his stage name was "Johnny Vegas". He is perhaps best known for his appearances on *Bleak House* (2005), *The Libertine* (2004) and *Happiness* (2001).

## References

1. ↑ ITV James Martin's Saturday Morning: Johnny Vegas' real name, two wives, and 'hard battle' - Manchester Evening News
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Brian

## External links

**Brian** is a character in *Good Omens*. He is part of the Them, who have their hideout in the Hogback woods.

## Background

Brian is approximately 11. He grew up in Tadfield and is friends with Wensleydale, Pepper, and Adam Young.

## Personality

A good friend. Can go from 0 to ice cream in seconds.

He seems to be a sweet boy and is receptive to his friends' feelings. He is always supportive of whatever Adam invents or needs.

## Quotes

*"Can I say something stupid without you thinking its stupid?"*
"*There could be [39 flavours of ice cream] if you mixed them up. Vanilla and chocolate. Strawberry and chocolate. Strawberry and vanilla..."*
## Notes and trivia

* Brian loves ice cream
* He has a family dog (which is said to ignore him).
Metatron

## External links

**The Metatron** is a character in Season 1 and Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

He is the Voice of God and serves as the highest-ranking angel in Heaven. He is portrayed as a stern and serious character who takes his duties very seriously. He is also described as having a great sense of duty and loyalty to God.

Throughout the short screen time he has been given in the series, the Metatron is shown to be a powerful and influential figure, with the ability to control the flow of information between Heaven and Earth.

He is also seen as somewhat of a bureaucrat, with a tendency to focus on rules and regulations rather than the larger picture. Despite his serious demeanor, the Metatron is not immune to moments of humor and levity. He is shown to have a dry wit and a sarcastic sense of humor, which can be both refreshing and unexpected.
Ligur

## External links

**Ligur** is one of the characters in Amazon series *Good Omens*. He is a Duke of Hell.

## Background

Little is known about Ligur pre-Fall but he became a high ranking demon in Hell.

Eleven years before the end of the world, Ligur joins Hastur, another Duke of Hell, to deliver the Antichrist to the demon Crowley who would pass the boy onwards.

Hastur and Ligur later send the Hellhound to find the Antichrist, which would seal Armageddon.

Ligur had also secretly contact with the Angel Michael, trading infomation between Heaven and Hell.

After it was revealed that Crowley had tried to sabotage the End Times, Ligur and Hastur go to capture their fellow demon.

Ligur is killed by a bucket of Holy Water which was placed above Crowley's door in defence against Hastur and Ligur. This led to Hastur screaming in horror for quite a while.

## Personality

Like most demons, Ligur appears sadistic and enjoys tormenting people and other demons.

## Quotes

* "Do you trust him?" - **Ligur** to Hastur

## Notes and trivia

* His eyes constantly change colour based on his chameleon
* Ligur might be named after Lloigor from the Cthulhu Mythos
Shax

## External links

**Shax** is a main character in Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Notes and trivia

* According to the *Ars Goetia*, Shax is a Marquis of Hell, who rules over thirty legions of demons. He can be summoned to steal senses and steal from kings.
* When pretending to be a pedestrian in the episode "I Know Where I'm Going", Shax is wearing one of Crowley's old glasses he wore "11 Years Ago" (circa 2008 in the show).
* Shax's battle armor shows two storks, a reference to her Goetic counterpart.

## References

1. ↑ Good Omens' New Demon Shax Explained – What Her Job Is In Hell (& Is She Connected To Madame Tracy?) - Screenrant
2. ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/726588292370481152/do-you-know-whether-shax-has-an-animal-motif-as?source=share
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell

## External links

**Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell** is one of the main characters in Amazon series *Good Omens*. He is the last remaining Sergeant of the Witchfinder Army. In fact, he's the last remaining *anything* of the Witchfinder Army.

## Background

Shadwell is the last member of the Witchfinder Army, though he maintains that there are other members such as Sergeant Milk Bottle, because his imagination had run out by that point when he was making up names. He lives in an apartment block with Madame Tracy, who he refers to as Jezebel. He stays very distant from her though she still makes him dinner.

## Significance in series

He meets Newton Pulsifer and recruits him as a Private in the Witchfinder Army. Later both Crowley and Aziraphale contact him to find the Antichrist and Shadwell sends Newton to Tadfield. Shadwell decides to ask Aziraphale for traveling money after believing Newton is being tortured in Tadfield. He storms over to Aziraphale's bookshop and watches him contact Metatron - which he mistakes for witchcraft. Shadwell threatens Aziraphale, managing to knock him into an incomplete transportation sigil and disincorporating the angel. Shadwell mistakes this for his doing and flees the shop, knocking over a candle and starting a fire.

Back at his apartment, Madame Tracy lets him lie down in her room and rest. Shadwell wakes up to overhear Madame Tracy talking to Aziraphale who is now sharing her body and the three head to Tadfield Airfield. Shadwell threatens the soldier with his finger before they are interrupted by Crowley arriving in his burning Bentley. Shadwell again threatens the soldier after he pulls a gun on them and, when Aziraphale banishes him, once again assumes it is the power of his finger that caused it. He witnesses the deaths of the Horsemen and Satan's rising defending Madame Tracy.

Afterwards, Madame Tracy invites him to have dinner with her in her "den of inequity" as Shadwell puts it and the two decide to move into a bungalow together.

## Personality

Shadwell is very blunt, and described as being a fool in Agnes Nutter's prophecy. However, he is very devoted to the Witchfinder Army, offering to recruit Newton Pulsifier after quickly checking how many nipples he has.

## Notes and trivia

* He says the title line of the episode in both "Hard Times" and "The Doomsday Option."
* In the Good Omens book, he points “a black nailed finger” at Aziraphale as he steps into the circle
Caroline Skinner

**Caroline Skinner** is one of the executive producers on the Prime Video streaming series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

On January 19, 2017, it was announced that Prime Video had given a green-light to a television series adaptation of the novel to be co-produced with the BBC in the United Kingdom. Aside from Skinner other executive producers were announced to include Neil Gaiman, Chris Sussman, Rob Wilkins, and Rod Brown. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of BBC Studios, Narrativia, and The Blank Corporation. Distribution of the series was to be handled by BBC Worldwide.

## References

1. ↑ Amazon Greenlights Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’ As Limited Series - Deadline
Demon

**Demons**, also known as the **Fallen**, serve as the major characters and antagonists in *Good Omens*.

## History

The demons were once angels, who agreed to follow Lucifer in rebelling against God in the beginning. The rebellion failed, and every traitorous angel was banished to Hell. Lucifer became Satan and all the angels became demons, who would try to tempt God's new creations, humans, to commit sin and be damned to Hell.

## Named Members

* Satan - Leader
* Beelzebub - Prince of Hell / Second-in-Comand
* Hastur - Duke of Hell
* Ligur - Duke of Hell
* Dagon - Lord of Files
* Shax
* Usher
* Eric
* Furfur
* Josh
* Asterik
* About 10 million other demons

## Trivia

* Demons, unlike angels, do dance, but they are very bad at it
Dagon

## External links

**Dagon** is a demon in Amazon series *Good Omens,* also known as *the Lord of the Files.*

### Background

Dagon was once an Angel, who decided to take part in Lucifer's revolution, and was cast to Hell alongside 10 million other Angels, who then became the Demons.

In Hell, Dagon became known as the "Lord of the Files" and "Master of Torments". It is possible that Dagon influenced humanity over its history to create the ancient Mesopotamian and Canaanite Deity of the same name and the Great Old One from the Cthulhu-mythos.

### Significance in Series

Dagon was contacted by Crowley around the 11th Birthday of both Adam Young and Warlock Dowling, asking about the Hellhound that was sent to meet the Antichrist. He confirmed that the Hellhound was set loose.

Dagon was later seen alongside Beelzebub, holding a motivational speech to all other demons, describing how they are "tougher, smarter and more dangerous" that the angels of Heaven.

After Crowley and Aziraphale stopped Armageddon, Dagon was sent to collect Crowley, alongside Hastur and one other demon. They captured and brought Crowley back to Hell.

At Crowley's trial, Beelzebub and Hastur served as the Judge and prosecutor, respectively. When Crowley asked if Dagon would represent him, Dagon stated that they were just there in case "there's anything [Crowley had] done that they forgot".

## Personality

Like most demons, Dagon appears sadistic and enjoys tormenting people and other demons, taking his job seriously.

Dagon notably viewed Lucifer's rebellion against God as a "glorious revolution", while most others, real or fictional, view it as a prideful betrayal against the Almighty.

## Quotes

* *"Cooperation with our old enemies."*

* *"Right. Listen up. Any moment now, we'll be leaving Hell and we'll be going up against the army of angels. Now all of you were angels once, and we fought in the glorious revolution. And we lost! But that was then. We have had thousands of years to get tougher. Smarter. And more dangerous! I want you to repeat after me! Tougher! Smarter! And m--"*

* *"Oh I'm afraid not. No I'm just here in case there's anything you've done that they forgot."*

## Notes and trivia

* Dagon is the name of a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, and before that a Mesopotamian fertility god.
* Dagon's title "Lord of the Files" is a comedic spin on Beelzebub's title "Lord of the Flies".
* Dagon is also the Master of Torments
* Dagon uses he/him pronouns (as noted in the *Good Omens* script book)
Mr. Brown

## External links

**Mr. Brown** is a recurring character in Season 2 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*. He owns the shop "Brown's World of Carpets" and is chairman of the Whickber Street Shopkeepers' Association.

## Significance in series

Mr. Brown sees and confronts Aziraphale at the pub "The Dirty Donkey" regarding hosting the Shopkeepers and Street Traders Association meeting at his bookshop. He suggests that Aziraphale had been avoiding him due to the fact that his bookshop would be closed when he tries to come by. Subsequently, Aziraphale agrees to host the meeting with the ulterior motive of getting Maggie and Nina together. Later on, it comes as a surprise to Mr. Brown that Aziraphale had arranged a Ball inspired by Jane Austen's novels.
Jill Winternitz

**Jill Winternitz** is an actress who portrays the mortal Harriet Dowling in Season 1 of the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Winternitz is known for her work in the Netflix smash hit *The Sandman*, in which she plays the recurring role of The Good Doctor. Born and raised in Northern California, Jill trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School and UCLA before gaining a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Jill's career began in the West End playing the lead roles in both Olivier Award-winning Once, and the crowd favorite, *Dirty Dancing*. She went on to play leading roles in new plays at the Park Theatre and Finborough Theatre, both times being nominated for Best Female Performer in the Off West End Awards.

Her screen work also includes *Havoc* alongside Tom Hardy, directed by Gareth Evans for Netflix, the lead in UK indie film *Young Gun*, as well as supporting roles in *Anansi Boys*, *Doctor Who*, and *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny*.

She has Ukrainian heritage and is proficient in Russian language.
Quelin Sepulveda

**Quelin Sepulveda** is an actress who portrays the Angel Muriel in the Prime Video series *Good Omens*.

## Biography

Sepulveda graduated from LAMDA in 2020. Since graduating her credits include one of the lead roles opposite Tom Hardy in Gareth Evans’ *Havoc* for Netflix and *The Man Who Fell To Earth* (Showtime) opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor. She has also appeared in the short films *The Other End* (2021) as Shona and in *Late Nights at the Movies* (2018) as Livion.

## References

1. ↑ Quelin Sepulveda Bio - Amazon Studios
Planning with Estimates

There is always a chance
that there will be something to do on a project that you’ve yet to experience
as every project is unique. These range anywhere from having to use a
completely new system, learning how to use a new program, to working with an
unfamiliar face. All of these factors contribute to a varying degree of
uncertainty and the more uncertainty you have the more difficult it can be to
plan out an entire project’s life cycle. Uncertainty will cause you to rely on
you estimating work and if you’re estimate incorrectly this can lead to an
unstable project. The estimating that is done will need to be as accurate as
they can be to help ensure the project completes its life cycle without many
hiccups.

As you work on a project, you become more familiar with
it over time. This leads to you knowing much more about just what it is that a
project needs to be finished. These are things learned by working with the
project instead of predicting what needs to be done beforehand. There is always
a point in time when you have to make estimates about a project when you know
the least about the work that needs to go into that particular project. This is
known as the cone of uncertainty.

Agile approaches the cone of uncertainty differently than
a traditional project would. Trying to plan everything before the project is
underway can be seen to be as a waste of your time resource. You just don’t
always know for sure what the project will need if you don’t have the absolute
perfect requirements. Agile instead breaks the project down into iterations to
help separate what needs to be done first and then working from there. The
highest valued item is usually the first item on the list. From the most
valued, the next would be the second most valuable items. This pattern
continues through each of the project’s sprints. These smaller sprints are also
easier to estimate as there is less to work with. With each following sprint
there is a small, workable amount of information to organize in addition to the
experience gained from the previous sprint’s deliverable. This is how agile
assists in planning by estimating in smaller chunks.

Sources:

"Agile
at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories."
www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Agile-Work-Planning-Agile-User-Stories/175074-2.html.
Accessed 11 Nov. 2017

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Productive Meetings: Running Agile Meetings

Running Agile Meetings

                In every Agile project, there will be
meetings for team members to attend. These meetings are well scheduled and
structured  in a way that allow them to
be as productive as possible. It is not enough for teams to attend and simply
discuss about the project. There are lightweight activities in these meetings
that when established properly will produce an outcome. The Scrum master is in
charge of safeguarding these activities and making sure the team understands
them  and their outcomes. The five Scrum
activities are Standup, Refining, Planning, Improving, and Demoing.

Properly running agile meetings require that these activities
remain small and short. Activities should contain the fewest amount of people
and focus on achievable results. Daily Standup is the most frequent activity.
It is a 15 minute activity where developers can communicate with each other
about project work. This activity is solely for developers and everyone else
should sit and listen. During the activity, developers are to answer three
specific questions. What I accomplished yesterday? What I will accomplish
today? Is there any roadblocks in the way? Usually the Scrum master will answer
the last question.

The Standup activity is the only one performed everyday
by the team. The Planning activity is for sprints. Teams will forecast their
work for the next few weeks. The Planning takes about four hours at the
beginning of each sprint. The product backlog is searched for the highest value
items and the prioritized by the product owner. It is essential that the team
understands the delivery. The refining activity deals with backlog refinement. The
product owner will setup meetings to estimate any new backlog items. The
product Demoing activity is the sprint review. This activity last for two hours
and is used to show completed work to project stakeholders.

The last activity is self improvement which is also known
as the team retrospective. This activity is limited to two hours and happens
immediately after the demoing activity. This activity is the most important
because it covers the lessons learned. A team that has failed to improve will
usually make the same mistakes every sprint. The Scrum master must drive the
team to commit on improving. Overall, agile meetings that utilize the five
activities will keep the team lightweight and productive.

**Work Cited**

"Agile at Work:
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Accessed 18 Nov. 2017.

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Reports: Creating a Task Board

Creating a task board

Managing projects often require for agile teams to keep
reports. These usually consist of agile charts and task boards. Task boards in
agile are considered as signpost or artifacts that resemble billboards. The
purpose of task boards is to signal project progress. Keeping reports using
task boards shows that the team can move away from theoretical to something
more practical.

When deciding to create a task board, there are many
different ways this can be done. The task board normally is displayed using a
large white board with marker columns. Other times the task board can be
created with simple tape on a white wall. If there are space issues, the team
can use glass walls or windows. Task boards are not restricted to size. While
some board can take up an entire wall, some team are able to fit it on a cork
board. The task board is setup like a simple swim lane diagram. They have long
columns, and a name on each starting block on top of the columns.

Breaking the task board further down, the first lane has
user stories. The next lanes will have to do's, doing and done. Tasks are placed
on the board from top to bottom corresponding to where each belongs. The tasks
will move from left to right as they are being worked by developers. The task
board will show a flurry of activities. The board will be different each day.
There should be a rhythm of completing tasks. The movement from left to right
should be priority of highest placed tasks and completed stories from top to
bottom. The top story should complete first, then the second story and so on,
until the end.

It is crucial that task boards remain in a place that is
visible to everyone in the agile team. Teams will often place their task board
where they hold their stand ups. This provides for a simple reminder for the
team as they work on the project. So it is also important that these task
boards remain lightweight and easy to read. Keep in mind of developers and the
work.

Overall, a team's task board will say a lot about them
based on how it is organized. While task boards can be very simple only showing
bare minimum, other can be very complex. The creation of a proper task board
can either help the team progress much easier or blind them. Having too much on
a board is not necessarily bad but it is not good either. The details is what
really matters.

**Work Cited**

"Agile at Work: Reporting
with Agile Charts an d Boards" Lynda.com - from LinkedIn, https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Agile-Work-Reporting-Agile-Charts-Boards/175962-2.html
Accessed 26 Nov. 2017.

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Adam and Eve

* Adam
* Eve

**Adam and Eve** were the first two humans to ever exist.

## Background

They were created by God and lived in the Garden of Eden until Eve was tempted by a serpent - the Demon Crowley, then known as Crawly or Crawley - to eat an apple from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. (Crowley later worried over whether or not his decision to do this temptation was a good thing or a bad thing.)

## Significance in series

### "In the Beginning"

6,000 years ago, Adam and Eve inhabit the Garden of Eden. Crowley tempts Eve to eat the forbidden apple and she shares it with Adam. They leave Eden, dressed in loincloths.

Crowley and Aziraphale watch them leave the Garden and discuss the differences between good and evil and what God has planned.

Cast out of the Garden by God for disobeying, Adam and Eve go out into the desert that surrounds the Garden. Concerned that Eve is already pregnant, that there are wild animals out there, and that the nights in the desert would be cold, the Principality Aziraphale of the Eastern Gate gave away his flaming sword to the couple.

Adam and Eve are immortalised in the Bible as the first man and woman to ever be made. They had two sons, Cain and Abel, and were considered to be the parents of all of humanity by those humans who believed in that sort of thing.

## Notes and trivia

* Season 2 confirms that Eve was indeed born through Adam's rib in the Garden of Eden, and that she was already an adult, instead of a baby, when that happened.
Planning User Stories: Creating user stories

User Stories

In planning a project, Agile throws out the traditional
project requirements. It instead uses a set of user stories. A user story
contains short and simple descriptions of a feature from the user's
perspective. The purpose for user stories is to strive towards finding value in
the product. By writing down user stories, an agile team will be able to  get a better sense of product functionality.

Before user stories can be written, the product owner
must have already created user roles that have the bundle experiences expected
for the project. Once user roles are properly defined, user stories can be used
as a conversation vehicle for requirements. When creating user stories, many
tend to write them on sticky notes but a more effective way is by using a 3 x 5
index card. There are many other ways to create user stories such as using spreadsheets,
but however it is decided be sure to think about the three Cs. Card,
conversation, and confirmation are the standard way of properly writing down
user stories.

To Further explain how user stories are constructed, a
user story is only about the what and the way and not how something will work. The
how is normally left up to the developers where they make the technical decisions.
Upon creating a user story, it is necessary to attach a value to them. This
value acts as a determining factor to importance for the final product. When
values are attached, it is much easier for the product owner to understand and
prioritize. It is also important to make sure that every story starts with, as
a user role and then end the story with a value goal.

The last part in writing a user story is to include an
acceptance criteria. The acceptance criteria confirms that everybody is aware
on how to deliver the story. The acceptance criteria should closely match the
user story as it is the result of the conversation with the developers. Typically
the acceptance criteria is written on the back of the card. Once the acceptance
criteria is written, the user story is considered as completed.

**Work Cited**

"Agile at Work:
Planning with Agile User Stories" Lynda.com - from LinkedIn, https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Starting-user-roles/175074/387212-4.html
Accessed 10 Nov. 2017.

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Building A Team: Understanding Agile History

When a team is introduced to Agile, they must approach it like any new tool mechanism. The first step is to learn the equipment, learn how to use it, learn how to implement with it, finally understanding as a team how to use it together. What makes Agile quite different is that it assumes each team member knows how to use the system beforehand. Trying to tackle agile like any other tool can lead to little or no positive productivity. One of the main ideas central to Agile is being able to adapt as a team, changing how they work together to better suit the needs of the project. By doing so, the team can become a cohesive unit that is able to take greater responsibility for any work within the project.

Agile should help the team change their preconceived notions of running a project, and each member should be able to look at their project and the work they accomplish in a much different way. This change in strategy for the team gives the possibility of greater efficiency in terms of productivity. For Agile, this step is increasingly important to understand from the earliest point in the project because implementing it later can cause the team to rely on past strategies to get things done. Having the team on board from the earliest stage can determine if the project or team is able to succeed with Agile.

Agile causes a team to think not only about the team member roles and responsibilities, but also the mindset and strategy for each of those roles. Agile consists of many well known lightweight frameworks that have similar clearly defined roles, but can have different names within the context of each framework, and Agile is quite lax when it comes to these team practices -just not the roles. As a new Agile team, it is heavily suggested to follow the defined roles and the few rules this methodology has. Understand that each of these roles plays a bigger part in the organization, with the purpose to encourage the team to accept increased self-organization and empowerment.

In the end, to fully embrace the Agile methodology, the team needs to embrace their roles and understand they play integral parts of the project. Leaving out some parts of changing things can easily create more problems down the line within the Agile  system.

Works Cited

"Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team." *Lynda.com - from LinkedIn*, www.lynda.com/ Business-Skills-tutorials/Welcome/175073/379413-4.html. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.
Liz Carr

**Liz Carr** is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist. She portrays Saraqael in the Prime Video series*Good Omens*.

## Biography

Carr is perhaps best known for her role as formidable forensic examiner, Clarissa Mullery, in *Silent Witness* (BBC One). Other TV credits include *Devs* (FX), *The OA* (Netflix), and *Les Miserables* (BBC One). Liz can also be seen in the series’ *Independence Day* (BBC), *This is Going to Hurt* (BBC) and *The Witcher* (Netflix). She can be seen alongside Mark Wahlberg in Paramount sci-fi thriller *Infinite*. Her theatre credits include "And Others" (National Theatre), "Abnormally Funny People" (Soho Theatre), and the critically acclaimed "The Normal Heart" (National Theatre).
Shoehorning Agile

The project management
office, or PMO, is an important factor in the success of a project that is
started with agile. A PMO is usually present when an organization has numerous
large project portfolios that they’re currently managing. The PMO is a huge
deciding factor in whether an agile project can ever get out of its beginning
phases. The PMO has this kind of power in a larger organization, and they are
usually invested in more traditional project management. A PMO’s reports will
typically need to be changed to represent an agile project. Convincing the PMO
of this can prove to be a daunting challenge.

A PMO’s project standards are usually based around
traditional project management, and the many PMOs see that their role is to
defend these standards. For example, instead of a list of project milestones
which would be used in traditional project management, the work is prioritized
by using the product backlog. This is something that would need to be brought
up to the PMO director and explained to show how it functions within the
project’s life cycle. The backlog can be changed depending on what is currently
the highest valued item. The backlog isn’t always closely tied with a project
budget and some directors can be frustrated with this.

The agile project cannot be broken up into milestones.
The PMO might not ask for a plan but they will want one. For example, their
past work often included a Gantt chart to easily show how the project’s work
was being divided. Because of this, one strategy is to include the PMO in the
agile training. They can be part of running and maintaining the training, and
being involved in agile this way could even make them one of the biggest
advocates for changing to agile.

A team’s project manager usually has a closer
relationship with the PMO. Due to this they can try to act as an intermediary
between the PMO’s expectations and the agile project. Most importantly, spend
time early on in project development to cultivate a positive relationship with
the PMO. The PMO is a major factor in how an organization accepts agile, and
can help in keeping things from becoming a huge challenge.

Source:

"Agile at Work: Building Your Agile
Team." Lynda.com - from LinkedIn,
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Building A Team: Letting the team self-organize

Self-Organized

A traditional work environment follows a clear hierarchy
which consist of employees and managers. In a team, a manager's duty is to
manage the employees' work productivity, and the employees' duty is to complete
assigned work by carrying out instructions. This kind of work environment
structured teams around managers as the ones with the skills and employees as
reliant on those skills. While this still exist today, it is not realistic. The
introduction of agile has since changed how managers and employees contribute
to the team.

The agile framework has shifted managers to the backseat
where they are no longer managing the team but instead coaching and training.
The employees or known in agile as the developers are now in the front.
Developers in an agile team can include software engineers, graphic designers
and database specialists. These developers are highly skilled in their field of
expertise where it is impossible to be managed. A manager would not be capable
to instruct work yet alone do it. This leaves the developers to take control of
their responsibility on the delivery of a product. In agile, this is called a
self-organized team.

A self-organized team makes a lot of the decisions for
the project. The agile team is responsible for scheduling the work and
estimating the completion. It is the agile team's responsibility to work
closely with the product owner as this will help with determining the features
in a final product. The agile team must be committed to the delivery of a
product within a reasonable time frame. The delivery of a product is feasible
as an agile team is able to breakdown work into smaller task thus improving
their performance. These changes are the core ideas of why an agile team is
considered as self-organized.

A team that is manage is not agile.  By shifting the responsibilities away from a
project manager to the developers, a team can become self-organized. The role
of a project manager is no longer fulfilled by creating estimates and driving
the work. The developers who are responsible for the work are now also responsible
for scheduling it. Overall, by breaking down inefficiencies, self-organized
agile teams are able to work in an environment for delivering a quality
product.

**Work Cited**

"Agile at Work:
Building Your Agile Team." Lynda.com - from LinkedIn,
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1 Nov. 2017.

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