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Agility without Complexity: Fast and Efficient[presentation]
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The Agile Manifesto was stated in less than seventy words. Now, fourteen years later, layer upon layer have been added to it. What was supposed to be a simple philosophy has exploded into a gigantic industry. Much of this layering makes agile seem overly complex. We know developers want to... |
Geoff Perlman, Xojo, Inc.
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Soft Skills You Need Are Not Always Taught in Class[presentation]
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For years in the software industry, the focus of discussion, programs, and expense has been on career skill development to enhance team performance. To support skill development, a variety of certifications and training opportunities have been created to increase technical knowledge... |
Jon Hagar, Independent Consultant
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Agile Adoption in Risk-Averse Environments[presentation]
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Adopting agile development methods in a conservative environment can be a daunting and time-consuming venture, facing resistance at all levels of the organization. You may wonder: Will this organization ever get with the times? Will our leaders ever change their way of thinking? |
Brian Duncan, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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Women Who Test: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Alison Wade[interview]
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In this interview, TechWell speaks to the founder of Women Who Test, Alison Wade. She is also the program chair for the Mobile Dev + Test Conference. Alison speaks about her new summit that celebrates female testers. |
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Balancing Waterfall Predictability with Agile Flexibility[magazine] In this FAQ column, Arlen Bankston highlights the difficulty many companies have making the full transition to agile, straddling between waterwall ways and the new horizons of agility. Arlen provides techniques that can enable companies to ease into the transition, allowing their organization to make the adjustments without the burden of large plans and commitments. |
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Stop Re-estimating Your Stories for Every Iteration[article] Many agile practitioners recommend re-estimating stories at the beginning of each iteration to increase accuracy. Adrian Wible, however, argues that re-estimating stories within an iteration planning meeting actually distorts results and decreases predictability. See if you need to rethink your planning procedures. |
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DevOps: Find Solutions, Not More Defects: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Andreas Grabner[interview]
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In this interview, TechWell speaks with Andreas Grabner, a performance engineer who has been working in this field for the past fifteen years. At STARWEST 2015, he presented DevOps: Find Solutions, Not More Defects. |
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The Evolution of Testing Centers of Excellence[magazine] According to Rajini Padmanaban, a testing center of excellence (TCoE) must be instituted for the establishment of any enterprise software development organization. Rajini presents the latest TCoE trends used by successful IT organizations. |
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Rethinking Workflow for Virtual Teams[article] When you switch from working in an office with all your coworkers right beside you to working remotely and collaborating with people in other countries or even time zones, you have to change more about how you work than just the way you communicate. Magnus Ljadas details how his virtual team modified their tools, infrastructure, and processes. |
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Putting Quality First through Continuous Testing: STARWEST 2015 Interview with Adam Auerbach[interview]
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In this interview, TechWell speaks with Adam Auerbach, a technology director for advanced testing and release services at Capital One Financial Corporation. At STARWEST 2015, he presented "Putting Quality First through Continuous Testing." |
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How Touch Time Impacts Delivery[magazine] What does a developer do after a task is completed and testing takes over? Wait for testing results? Matt Heusser presents innovative techniques to keep everyone's pace going even after handoffs. |
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Realizing Value by Establishing an Agile Project Management Office[article] Some believe that an overarching organizational and governance model to structure operations in agile environments is needed. An agile project management organization can act as an aggregator and evaluator of agile project data metrics to help leaders track performance for improved value delivery. |
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The GROWS Method: A Modern Software Development Suite: An Interview with Andy Hunt[interview] In this interview, Andy Hunt, a consultant, author, and publisher, explains why agile development is in a rut. He also covers why agile is so often abandoned, the issues with doing agile "by the books," and his GROWS Method. |
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Become a Great ScrumMaster[magazine] Performing all the functions required to facilitate project teams as ScrumMaster can be a task. Zuzi Sochova describes creative ways to become a master of Scrum by adopting a ScrumMaster state of mind. |
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Agile or Not? Asking the Right Questions[article] Many organizations dipping their toes into agile just want to know one thing: Are we agile or not? Most agilists agree, however, that rather than a binary designation, agile is more of a continuum. It's a sliding scale that can vary across the development lifecycle. A better question is: How agile are you? |
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