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Agile elevator pitch

My (our) entry in the Agile elevator pitch competition:“[Agile] Provides philosophy, techniques and tools to alleviate the pain of traditional...

2 replies - 1578 views - 11/04/10 by Allan Kelly in News

Is the Apple JVM an "Extra Feature?"

Recently Apple announced that it was deprecating its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implementation. Ten years after promising to "make the Mac the best Java...

11 replies - 6705 views - 11/03/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Esther Derby asks: Are we aiming too low?

Esther Derby put together a nice post on the importance of design for a web site in which she asks, "Are we aiming too low?" Agile methods manage...

1 replies - 1135 views - 11/03/10 by Michael Norton in News

In Utero: A Less-Than-Glowing Review of David Anderson's Kanban Book

Kind of ironic that the sophomore outing from one of the most successful bands of the last 20 years was a complete disaster. (There are 2 good songs on it:...

0 replies - 2264 views - 11/02/10 by Rob Williams in News

Lean Principles #4 - Defer Commitment

Continuing with my series about the 7 key principles of lean software development, here are my comments on Lean Principle #4 - Defer...

0 replies - 2100 views - 11/01/10 by Kelly Waters in News

Commitment: what can we really commit to?

I want to discuss a foundational topic that influences the management of software development: commitment. In particular I’m looking at this from the...

0 replies - 881 views - 10/29/10 by Jon Archer in News

Why Short Iterations Work

Software developers are infamous for not being good estimators. They say programmers have three timelines they work with: “done”, “not started”...

1 replies - 2686 views - 10/28/10 by David Bernstein in News

Zombie Projects

Oh, you know that project.  That project that just won’t die.  It is all that is unholy in the world of project management. Where...

2 replies - 1682 views - 10/28/10 by Derek Huether in News

Agile: Story Wall – A couple of learnings

I wrote earlier in the week about the benefits of having a physical story wall on a distributed team and in the process of getting one in place on the project...

1 replies - 932 views - 10/27/10 by Mark Needham in News

And Now You Are Just a Project Manager

You’ve seen the job description: Project Manager / ScrumMaster - Must have knowledge of traditional project management - CSM preferred - PMP nice to...

6 replies - 4978 views - 10/26/10 by David Bland in News

10 Most Common Mistakes in Agile Adoption. Part II

In Part I I’ve described 5 mistakes in agile adoption, this part has 5 more. 6. CST Knows Everything Certified Scrum Trainer is not a God. Yes, he...

1 replies - 2800 views - 10/26/10 by Michael Dubakov in News

Waterfall Zombie vs. Agile Zombie

Back on October 12 (2010), I had the privilege of seeing Michele Sliger do a presentation titled “Hello Agile, Goodbye Scope Creep“.  In it, she...

0 replies - 1641 views - 10/26/10 by Derek Huether in News

In defense of the Scrum Alliance

Have you ever felt really let down by someone you respect?  I guess the way the world is today we can all cite a long list of people that are famous and...

1 replies - 911 views - 10/22/10 by Bob Hartman in News

Seven Deadly Sins of Scrum

1. WrathSomething that anyone on a Scrum team might succumb to with the frustrations of learning to work a new way. But this might be something the Scrum...

1 replies - 3847 views - 10/22/10 by Jon Archer in News

Can and should agile be used for medical device development? Absolutely!

Four Reasons Medical Device Companies need agile development The waterfall style of development is so deeply engrained into the culture of medical companies...

1 replies - 4024 views - 10/22/10 by Mike Dobbles in Articles