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A Kanban System for Software Engineering[presentation] Ideas from Lean Thinking have been growing in popularity with the Agile software development community. |
David Anderson, Modus Cooperandi
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Better Software Conference & EXPO 2008: Pragmatic Agility - Principles, Not Dogma[presentation] You've got questions. Andy Hunt has answers. What is agile software development all about? Why the sudden popularity of agile? Why is it fundamentally different from other approaches? Will it work for my organization and me? |
Andrew Hunt, Pragmatic Programmers
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Bandages or Tombstones? Distinguishing Between Minor Setbacks and Impending Doom[presentation] Are the challenges confronting your project normal and treatable setbacks or signs of something more serious? Can we treat them with a Band-Aid® and a kiss? Should we call the ambulance? The undertaker? |
Payson Hall, Catalysis Group Inc
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The Give and Take of Design Criticism[presentation] Have you ever engaged in a design discussion where people didn't play fair? Do you have trouble giving advice that sticks or accepting criticism of your own work? |
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Wirfs-Brock Associates
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Beyond User Stories: Managing Requirements by Business Need[presentation] The use of stories in agile projects is commonplace. However, teams in many organizations have discovered limitations in the user story's narrow view in complex projects. |
Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives
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Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing[presentation] It has been more than six years since the first release of NUnit 2.0, an open source unit testing tool. In that time, literally millions of tests have been written using the tool. |
James Newkirk, Microsoft Corporation
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More than the Process Police: CMMI® Process and Product Quality Assurance[presentation] For organizations to succeed in process improvement efforts, they must determine whether newly introduced processes are, in fact, being adopted by managers and practitioners. |
Will McKnight, Next Level Consultants
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Agile in the Non-Agile Enterprise: Hurdling Obstacles[presentation] Agile is entering the mainstream as a software development practice and leading wider organizational change in many companies. |
Michele Sliger, Sliger Consulting, Inc.
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Flow, Pull, Innovate: The Secrets to Agile Adoption[presentation] Jean Tabaka provides straightforward guidance on how teams can begin their agile journey and learn to mature and scale into more and more discipline. |
Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development
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What's the Deal with "Best Practices" - Revisiting the Idea[presentation] We talk about "best practices" as though they exist-an ideal way to manage a team, develop software, and test applications. All we have to do is discover what best practices are. |
Dan North, ThoughtWorks
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Lessons Learned in Project Management[presentation] You've managed projects, but they're never easy. They don't fit into the nice definitions found in project management books. Your schedules are generally off. There are always unkind surprises. |
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.
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Attacking Waste in Software: Three Practices We Must Embrace Now[presentation] One of the seven principles of Lean Thinking is "eliminate waste." Eliminating waste means minimizing the cost of the resources we use to deliver software to our stakeholders. |
Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development
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The Good, the Better, and the Rather Puzzling: The Agile Experience at Five Companies[presentation] Strategic software development is happening every day-and failures continue to plague us. Unquestionably, a major paradigm shift is underway with the movement to agile methods. But are they really working? |
Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc.
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Agile and the Seven Deadly Sins of Project Management[presentation] Agile approaches to software development promise many advantages: shorter schedules, more productive teams, products that better meet customer expectations, higher quality, and more. |
Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software
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Managing Contracts for Outsourced Testing[presentation] In large outsourced projects, the contractual aspects of testing are often poorly defined even though testing may be half the overall project cost. Why is this? |
Paul Gerrard, Gerrard Consulting
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