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Testing the Requirements of Collaboration: An Interview with Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan[interview] Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan informed us in this interview that collaboration is king, and we should end the separation of development and testing, while putting everything under a single development umbrella. Jeff also looks beyond the benefits of collaboration and TDD and takes some stabs at the future. |
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Lessons Learned from Ancient Wisdom: A Software Review Story[magazine] Lessons learned long ago from reviews and inspection can be effective today, particularly in collaboration within agile teams. Learn how an organization used review techniques as part of its agile collaboration, including the advantages and potential problems of this ancient wisdom. |
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Enterprise Agility vs. Lean Delivery: An Interview with Mik Kersten[interview] Mik Kersten recently sat down with us to discuss the challenges and the benefits that adopting lean's principles brings to projects of all sizes. While challenges will vary due to the size of the enterprises lean is being applied to, the goals—and hopefully the outcomes—remain the same. |
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Agile ALM for Delivering Customer Value: Getting Started[article] In this first part of a two-part series, Mario Moreira writes that a reasonable application lifecycle management (ALM) product will have a common user interface for utilizing the ALM functionality. It will also include a meta-model and process engine to parse and share information across and amongst the various functions within the ALM framework. These technical needs must be accompanied by a strong business case for delivering higher customer value and new approaches for seamless integration. |
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Agile 2012 - Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman - Discover to Deliver[article]
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In this podcast, Bob Payne speaks with Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman about their new book, Discover to Deliver. Using lean startup and agile delivery, Mary and Ellen give a compelling strategy for building products the right way and with high quality. |
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Hoarding: How to Prioritize Features to Clean Up the Clutter[article] Hoarding is an incredibly common—but usually unnamed and invisible—phenomenon in corporate software development. If you’ve been doing agile for a while, you are no doubt aware of the cost of hoarding and you’ve probably removed much of it, but what happens when you aren't doing agile yet? Clarke Ching explains how to counter hoarding by prioritizing the right features. |
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ADP West 2012 - Karl Scotland - Visual Management and Kanban[article]
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Karl Scotland shares his insight and tips for teams who are looking to implement Kanban in their organization. Visual Management is a great tool to help your team along the road and Karl discusses this topic and others in this podcast with Bob Payne. |
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Agile Testing through Gaming: An Interview with Nate Oster[interview] Nate Oster is giving two sessions at the upcoming STARCANADA 2013 that deal with empowering developers and testers through acceptance test-driven development. Oster's experience as an agile player-coach and working with test-first practices are detailed in this terrific interview. |
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ADP West 2012 - Kent McDonald - Agile Business Analysis - Agile Philanthropy and More[article]
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Kent McDonald is a favorite speaker of many attendees at conferences around the globe. We invite you to listen to this conversation between Kent and Bob Payne, where they discuss everything agile, especially when dealing with agile business analysis. |
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Why Agile Works: Focus on the Details of Software Development[magazine] It's easy to overlook details when your focus is on the big picture. But, if you adjust your perspective, you may find new value in understanding why things work the way they do. Learn why agile works and how it can apply to both complex and simple projects. |
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A Major Award[magazine] You may remember the "major award" from the film A Christmas Story as "that gaudy leg lamp." But, for Ralphie's Old Man, it’s "indescribably beautiful." Sometimes, the meaning of an award is more important than the award itself. |
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Seven Strategies for Handling Distributed Agile[article] Global markets, global talent, and a constant pressure to reduce costs through outsourcing are all major forces that contribute to distributed teams, but distribution can inhibit communication within the team. Here are seven strategies for staying agile in the face of distributed-team challenges. |
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Simplicity and Precision: Test Planning in Agile Projects[magazine] Test planning is often thought unnecessary in an agile project. However, if our mindset is on "planning" rather than "plans," we see that test-planning activities happen throughout the project, taking advantage of levels of precision, i.e., what is absolutely necessary at each level. |
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Management Myth 13: I Must Never Admit My Mistakes[article] Managers are people, too. They have bad-manager days. And, even on good-manager days, they can show doubt, weakness, and uncertainty. They can be vulnerable. Managers are not omnipotent. That’s why it’s critical for a manager to admit a mistake immediately. |
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Tackling Challenges with Agile Teamwork: An Interview with Janet Gregory[interview] Janet Gregory shared with us some of the wisdom she's gained through her decade of experience with building strong agile teams. After defining "agile testing" we discussed how to ensure it succeeds. Janet is giving two sessions at the 2013 STARCANADA conference in Toronto on April 9 and 10. |
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