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Simply put, Maintained Divergence is where you have two branches that have a common origin, and while merges may happen in either direction, there...
0 replies - 3795 views - 04/04/13 by Paul Hammant in Articles
“How can we tell how far along we are with our agile adoption?”
I heard this question again the other day.
Usually, the person who asks the question...
0 replies - 5070 views - 03/30/13 by Esther Derby in Articles
Are you tired of mediocrity and interested in doing really great work?
Identify your heroes to find out what really matters to you.
I was reading...
0 replies - 2304 views - 03/29/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles
Keeping track of the backlog in a Scrum project is a challenge. It
quickly grows to hundreds of items that are in various state of
readiness for inclusion...
0 replies - 2119 views - 03/28/13 by Anders Abel in Articles
I am wondering if maybe some people should try and replace their regular Kanban board with a networked Kanban variant.
I love the principles behind Kanban....
0 replies - 1624 views - 03/28/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
A note to hiring managers and HR departments.
Today I came across yet another job ad for a ScrumMaster—sadly posted to an Agile online group. Here it is,...
2 replies - 2088 views - 03/27/13 by Tobias Mayer in Articles
Josh Seiden It's Our Research interview from Tomer Sharon on Vimeo.
An interview with Josh Seiden, managing Director at Neo, conducted by Tomer Sharon, a...
0 replies - 1532 views - 03/23/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Here is a list of some best practices for scrum:
Burn down charts can be used to monitor sprint status. Graphical representations are better than...
1 replies - 21393 views - 03/23/13 by Cagdas Basaraner in Articles
Technical stories with demonstrable business value are rare, but can and should be prioritized with user stories
Ron Jeffries has continued his work on...
0 replies - 6178 views - 03/22/13 by Steve Smith in Articles
When I teach product owners, one of the questions I ask is: “What
qualities should the product backlog fulfil?” More often than not, a key
...
0 replies - 1972 views - 03/21/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles
I see it again and again. The suggestion of systems thinkers and Agile writers to stop blaming people and instead try blaming the system.
“It’s not...
3 replies - 3428 views - 03/21/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
All good plans come in 3 phases:
Although I won’t be collecting any underpants, I’ll be following this basic template (with a couple of tweaks here...
0 replies - 3764 views - 03/20/13 by James Betteley in Articles
In Organizing an Agile Program, Part 1, Introduction,
I suggested you think about the communication paths of your programs.
Instead of hierarchies, I...
0 replies - 2754 views - 03/20/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
One of the constant questions I get goes something like, “Should we create a separate agile group, team, department, product team, or plan our agile...
0 replies - 1915 views - 03/18/13 by Jim Highsmith in Articles
Jonathan Rasmusson - 10 things you can do to better lead your agile team from NDCOslo on Vimeo.
Agile leadership is different. Agile teams don’t like to be...
0 replies - 7480 views - 03/15/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
