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Using Lean-Agile to Provide the Real Value of ALM If Agile is going to make a difference to an organization, it must accomplish two things. First, it must assist us in being driven by business needs—not the development organization. Second, it must help us with the entire value stream—not merely part of it. Lean-agile practices presents us with an opportunity to reunite the business and software development organizations so our Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) can focus on value, not merely delivered software. |
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How much Visioning is Necessary in Scrum? Through open communication among the members of your scrum team, and a calculated, iterative approach, your projects achieve timely releases to customers. The concept of visioning helps everyone work together on the same page, and for the common goal. |
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Does Application Lifecycle Management Help Agile-Lean Software Development? In a Forrester’s report, The Changing Face Of Application Life-Cycle Management, nearly one-third of enterprises are already using application lifecycle management (ALM) processes and tools, and almost half are aware of it But in conversations with user companies, we find that even those familiar with the term are often hard-pressed to define it. |
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My Manager Thinks I'm Holding Her Hostage You don't need to look any further than to your coworkers to see how many different personalities and work styles are in effect. Despite the differences, certain predictable behaviors occur between staff and management when personalities clash. Jonathan Kohl defines a few managerial behavioral anti-patterns that could undermine your project. He also sets the ground work for ways to improve the relationship between staff and management. |
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Agile DC - Washington DC's regional agile conference - Bob Payne
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Agile DC - Washington DC's regional agile conference - Bob Payne |
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Building Team Trust, Front to Back Trust is more than a feeling. In a project, it is something that can be grown from careful planning and development of good requirements. Ellen Gottesdiener describes three types of trust which can be built from good requirements and team management. |
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Repaying the Happiness Debt—with Interest The pace of production depends on the capability of those at work. When an increase in profit is desired, production is sped up. Yet those forced to work faster aren't necessarily more productive. Unhappily experienced at being forced to work harder and faster resulting in less productivity, Clarke Ching found a way to slow down expectations and increase productivity. |
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PaloozaDC 2010 - Richard Cheng - Agile in the federal space.
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PaloozaDC 2010 - Richard Cheng - Agile in the federal space. |
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Is "Agile Methodology" an Oxymoron? Explore the differences between a process and methodology and why neither process nor methodology should be used to label and encapsulate agile-lean product (system-software) development. |
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Collaborative Risk Analysis for Release Planning Release planning is more than just stuffing the highest ranked stories into iteration buckets. To be meaningful the whole team needs to participate. Lightweight risk management techniques are not orthogonal to an agile approach They can help proactively address previously hidden concerns and the planning process benefits all-around from shared dialog on release-impacting risks. |
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