Where to Begin Your Transition to Lean-Agile It is easy for a team to transition to Lean-Agile software development: Pick a good pilot project, get some training, re-arrange the workspace, learn the process, maybe use a coach. It has been done thousands of times. It is easy but all too often, there is no benefit for the organization. The goal is not making teams agile but making the business agile. This is a bit harder. Build your transition plan around the business and everyone—customers, business, and teams—will succeed. |
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Distributed Agile: An Interview with Vishwanath Nagara In this interview with Vishwanath Nagaraj, originally published in the Sticky ToolLook eNewsletter, he discusses the concept of distributed agile and some of the tools that help make the idea a reality. |
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We Be Agile: What Does It Mean to Be Agile? Here is a simple exercise for gaining a common understanding and consensus about what it means to you, the team, and the organization to be Agile. |
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Agile Fun and Games I have to admit that when I first started hearing about Extreme Programming and Agile methodologies, I was pretty skeptical. Another software fad that will come and go, I thought. What first started to open up my mind was a conversation that I had with a young developer a number of years ago. I was interviewing him for a position and he was talking about Extreme Programming and I was thinking “Yeah. OK.” Then he said that without Extreme Programming he didn’t think he would still want to be doing development because Extreme Programming had made software development fun again. And that’s when I stopped and thought to myself, “Well, yeah, you know – it should be fun. It’s supposed to be fun.”
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Nanette Brown
November 10, 2009 |
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Value of Configuration Management by Agile Professionals Mario Moreira surveyed recently surveyed agile professionals to find out just how valuable CM processes and tools are to them. While there was a noticeable difference in opinion between different responder age groups, the overall response was overwhelmingly positive in CM's favor. |
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What is Agile Project Management on a Scrum Project? When traditionally managed organizations first adopt Scrum—an agile project management approach that includes the roles of Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and Team Member(s—there is often an assumption that project managers are the default choice to serve in the role of ScrumMaster. But examining the definitions of these roles as found in leading sources suggests that this assumption is probably wrong or at least misguided. In fact, the responsibilities of project management as defined in traditional literature are not aligned with the ScrumMaster role at all. Despite this apparent disconnect, the Scrum framework incorporates more traditional project management practices than is at first apparent. |
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Save Your Sprint! How to Avoid the Three Types of Bad Project Estimates Estimating time is one of the most challenging aspects of Agile. To deliver quality products on time and according to scope not only requires a talented team but also a consistently clear view of the work effort and progress throughout the sprint. |
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Fun Driven Development - Building Momentum for Agile Through Games Games, like the ones described on TastyCupcakes.org, provide the opportunity for agile teams to quickly build on a shared experience, realize better ways of working and most importantly, to have fun! |
Michael McCullough
November 9, 2009 |
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Moving to an Agile Testing Environment: What Went Right, What Went Wrong
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Ray Arell read an agile project management book on a long flight to India, and, like all good reactionary development managers, he was sold. Join Ray on a retrospective of what went right and, more importantly, what went wrong. |
TechWell Staff
November 6, 2009 |
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Marine Corps Principles of Leadership
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Retired Marine colonel and long-time test consultant Rick Craig describes how using the Marine Corps Principles of Leadership will help you become a better leader and, as a result, a better test manager or tester. |
TechWell Staff
November 5, 2009 |
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