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The Helpful Daily Standup Guide

This article was published on  Techwell, the place to go for what is happening now in software development. The daily standup meeting is a critical...

0 replies - 1361 views - 04/25/13 by Venkatesh Kris... in Articles

Scrum Master: Servant Leadership in Practice

There are a number of agile methods in existence today. Originally dominated by Scrum and XP, the suite of processes has expanded to include a host of...

0 replies - 2230 views - 04/25/13 by Ian Mitchell in Articles

Scrum as an Impediment to Agility

As I’m working with smaller and more agile projects, I’m increasingly seeing the classic way that Scrum is executed as more of an impediment to agility...

0 replies - 4954 views - 04/25/13 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles

To Estimate, or Not to Estimate. That is the Question.

Disparaging those who provide software estimates seems to be a growing sport. At conferences, in blogs and the twitter-verse it seems open season for...

0 replies - 1506 views - 04/24/13 by Allan Kelly in Articles

Martin Fowler: User Stories

User Stories are chunks of desired behavior of a software system. They are widely used in agile software approaches to divide up a large amount of...

0 replies - 15502 views - 04/24/13 by Martin Fowler in Articles

Pair Programming and a Grass-Roots Movement

Originally authored by Aaron Wagner I wanted to take a few minutes to share some thoughts and experiences about pair programming. I'm going to start from...

0 replies - 3526 views - 04/24/13 by Scott Leberknight in Articles

My 7 Work Mantras

This morning I decided to share my "work matras" with my followers on Twitter: Right now I keep them in a note in Notes, but I would really like to...

0 replies - 1677 views - 04/23/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles

Can You Handle An Elite Performer?

Employers ask for elite performers, but they should be careful – they could get what they ask for… If they find an elite performer, do they have the elite...

0 replies - 7653 views - 04/23/13 by Anders Abel in Articles

Facilitating a retrospective with 50 people in an hour

As one of the volunteers at Agile 2012 I was honored to be asked to facilitate the volunteer retrospective. There were a few constraints that made this...

0 replies - 1739 views - 04/23/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

An Agile Health Check: The Daily Stand-Up in Practice

When you meet an agile team for the first time, it can be a good idea to do a quick assessment of their health. Sometimes you can tell quite quickly if there...

0 replies - 1821 views - 04/22/13 by Ian Mitchell in Articles

What About The Budget In Agile Software Development?

Finishing a project on time and under budget is the whole point of Agile, but the budget can put some tricky constraints on the process.

0 replies - 907 views - 04/21/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Agile Architecture & Design

In this presentation from JAXConf 2012, ThoughtWorks software architect Neal Ford investigates agile architecture and design, specifically addressing how big...

0 replies - 1462 views - 04/21/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

A Task Board That Really Sucks

Last week I visited VI Company, a small but amazing Internet company in Rotterdam. Managers Tim and Ivo recently attended a Management 3.0 course, which...

0 replies - 1604 views - 04/20/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

Building Trust, One Iteration at a Time

A while back I talked to a CEO of a contract development shop.  He wondered how Agile could help him with fixed price, fixed scope contracts to...

1 replies - 1799 views - 04/19/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

3 Reasons To Avoid Overloading Your Teams

Burning Image Monday morning on the highway. Your speed: 0 mph. You’re stuck in the usual rush hour traffic jam because the capacity of this road is...

0 replies - 7946 views - 04/19/13 by Matthias Marschall in Articles