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The Role of the Agile Coach One of the new roles introduced by agile software development is that of the team coach. Until agile came along, coaches were confined to the executive suite or the sports field. As with any new role, it will take awhile before it is fully understood and scoped. Agile teams can—and do—exist without the coach role, but such teams do not necessarily achieve peak performance. |
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To SME or Not To SME Subject matter experts (SMEs) serve important roles on a project and are especially pivotal during the testing phase. In this week's column, Dion Johnson explores how SMEs positively and negatively affect testing and what you can do to make sure you have the right amount of SMEs on your testing team. |
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Overcoming Resistance to Change If change is inevitable, and we're often able to see it coming, why are so many people resistant to it? There are some tried and true ways to help people deal with change, by listening to the reasons for their hesitation, and by making sure people know when they'll be benefitted by the transition. |
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Tom Goulet - Cucumber, Ruby and the transition to Generalizing Specialist
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Tom Goulet - Cucumber, Ruby and the transition to Generalizing Specialist |
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Learning from Reading (and Rewriting) the Tests Automated unit tests verify that a component is working as expected. They also serve as a way to understand how code works, though this doesn't always happen by reading tests. Sometimes understanding comes from tweaking the tests to observe new failures, or rewriting the tests themselves. |
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Performing a Simple Process Health Checkup Does your software development process need tuning? How can you tell if it isn't running as well as it could be? In this week's column, Jeff Patton offers a diagnosis checklist for your team to help assess the vital statistics of your current development process. |
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Agile/Lean Product Development and Delivery: Mastering the Art of Change The modern world of systems/software product development and delivery presupposes we work faster and better, do more with less, change continuously, and invent new ways of working. The modern formula for work appears to be: More Success + Greater Speed + Fewer Resources + Constant Uncertainty + Increased Competition + Quicker Time to Market. Mastering the art of agile/lean systems and software product development and delivery requires you ask yourself, "Do I really understand both the technical and non-technical imperatives associated with this undertaking?" This article takes a look at mastering the art of agile/lean system and software product development and delivery; focusing on change. |
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Project Time Reporting Project time reporting evokes a passionate response from most team members-- the consensus is they hate it. While Payson Hall worries about supporting something so unpopular, he offers benefits of project time reporting and explores some of the common implementation issues that undermine its value. |
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Jim Miller - The Product Owner Role and Business Alignment
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Jim Miller - The Product Owner Role and Business Alignment |
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Can Lean Six Sigma Enable Software Process Excellence? While Lean Software Development principles aim to uncover and reduce waste, Six Sigma places primary importance on customers, business results, and statistical analysis of processes. Lean also aims to make discoveries about where to target improvements compared with Six Sigma, which measures the results of process changes. By implementing both methodologies—Six Sigma and Lean Software Development—together, you can take advantage of the best in both models. |
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