
Why it is bad to have a single point of failure in a product and what to do about it.
Every day we solve problems. Some people solve many problems, some...
0 replies - 2918 views - 02/13/13 by Michael Dubakov in Articles

To some an ‘Agile’ project means delivering value to a client or business more frequently than with other methodologies. This can be achieved, with...
0 replies - 1809 views - 02/13/13 by Rob Sanders in Articles

Just finished Lean Startup Machine this past weekend and would like to connect the dots between Lean Startup and Agile.
Lean Startup: How to Learn fast about...
0 replies - 1623 views - 02/13/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

At the Agile 2012 conference, Serena Software surveyed attendees about their biggest agile challenge. Here was the top answer:
User Story Mapping...
0 replies - 2862 views - 02/12/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

The London Scrum Groups 6 Good Scrum Tips
Love your product owner. The group agreed that the product owner should be part of the team. Include them in...
0 replies - 1819 views - 02/12/13 by Martin Harris in Articles

This is the second excerpt from Scrum101, the free intensive online introduction to Scrum, which I introduced several weeks ago. In this second except, I’d...
0 replies - 1708 views - 02/11/13 by Kane Mar in Articles

Øredev 2011 - Agile Portfolio Planning: Managing Your Project Portfolio - Johanna Rothman from Øredev Conference on Vimeo.
Whether you’ve been...
0 replies - 1054 views - 02/11/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

After having worked with Scrum for a number of years, I still witness sprint reviews where the team’s demonstration of the product is confusing and the value...
0 replies - 1294 views - 02/11/13 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles

IoC Containers Considered Harmful
Øyvind Bakksjø is a bit skeptical of where the Java community is heading. Although he's completely fine with...
0 replies - 2287 views - 02/11/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

I hope that by now you see that you have any number of choices for your lifecycle if you are geographically distributed team and you are transitioning to...
0 replies - 1365 views - 02/10/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

One summer, long ago and far away, I was on a softball team. It would be an exaggeration to say I played softball, but I did participate in practices,...
0 replies - 1262 views - 02/10/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

“If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don’t make it a leg.” Abraham Lincoln
The zeroeth trap of...
0 replies - 1592 views - 02/09/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

Example 3: Using a Project Manager with Iterations and Kanban and Silo’d Teams
Here, the developers were in Cambridge, MA, the product owners were in San...
0 replies - 2080 views - 02/09/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

(this article originally appeared on gantthead.com)
Agile project management depends on transparency and feedback.
Visibility into the product and...
0 replies - 1012 views - 02/08/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

Example 2: Using a Project Manager with Kanban, Silo’d Teams
This is a product development organization with developers in Italy, testers in India, more...
0 replies - 1486 views - 02/08/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles