
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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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