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Rocks into Gold: Part 3 This short book by Clarke Ching is a "biztech" parable for software developers who want to survive—and then thrive—through the credit crunch. We have republished the book in a four-part series. In part three, when things seem at their very worst, Bob has a "light bulb moment" that just might save the day. Follow the story as our characters fight to keep their jobs by implementing creative business ideas and management skills taken from agile development. |
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Games and Agile Software Development Agile software development practices have been finding their way in to various industries; finance, education, government, and even games. |
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The Decline and Fall of Agile SCM—and the Rise of Lean SCM There are definite signs of Agile methods (with a capital A) may be losing mind share or, at the very least, suffering from a certain amount of perhaps over-hype or over familiarity. Or maybe it is just the rise in cases of AFS (Agile Fatigue Syndrome). For some, agile is giving away to the rise of lean software development. Where will it end? |
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Practicing Refactoring As programmers, we're constantly working to improve and evolve our designs. Refactoring helps us take an evolving code base and make it look like the code was designed for today's problems right from the start. And hey, it can actually be fun! It can be difficult to make small steps in a tricky bit of code, hard to figure out how to fix a particular code smell, and tricky to know when you're done. |
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Agile Brushstrokes: The Art of Choosing an Agile Transition Style Joshua Kerievsky maps agile transitions to art styles and identifies elements that lead to success or failure, offering an excellent perspective on the art of agile transitioning and what style(s) will work best for you. |
TechWell Staff
December 8, 2009 |
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Agile Project Management – Part 1 of 2 One of the first questions we get when implementing and training agility in organizations is about accounting. So much of what happens in an organization revolves around the numbers -- risk/reward, investment/return, burn-rate, etc. Many times developers and technology management gets wrapped up in all the goodness of change and then we forget to bring the accounting folks along.
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Agile, Lean, or Something in Between Agile, and more recently lean, have dramatically shaped the landscape of software development practices. The reason is simple, they both promise to deliver higher quality products to the market faster. In this artilce, we examine some of these agile and lean promises separately and explore when one set may be a better fit over the other or how they may be combined. |
Michael McCullough
December 8, 2009 |
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Play Ball! – The New and Improved Agile Software Development Methodology We all know that terms such as “iteration”, “project manager”, and “daily stand-up meetings” are extremely difficult for software development professionals to comprehend. To simplify things, we have created a better methodology fashioned after a metaphor of the sport of Baseball. This article explains the fundamental principles of this revolutionary approach, the best methodology ever created because it’s brand-spanking new, named “Play Ball!”.
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Mark Lines
December 8, 2009 |
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Agile and Lean: Recognizing the Synergy Bob Aiello explains the process to reaching agile comes from more than simply declaring yourself as such. The road to agile is a journal, and one that requires hard work. But once you get there, the benefits can be immense. Making sure everyone on board is dedicated to the cause to reach the goal. |
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An Introduction to Becoming Agile You do not do Agile, you are Agile. Agile is not a process or methodology. There is no one-size-fits all recipe for becoming or being agile. In fewer than 700 words (with the aid of illustrations), the author offers advice on how to get started in your journey to become agile. |
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