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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

To Selenese or not to Test? That Seems to be the Question.

We had a very good turnout for the Automated Browser Testing Poll this week. Before I get into my musings about what happened, here's a quick summary of the...

5 replies - 12757 views - 10/22/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Coming Around to Kanban-ilism

I have always liked Lean, even though it‘s really poorly represented in the literature. The Poppendieck book was all there was for a long time, and that...

1 replies - 2663 views - 10/22/10 by Rob Williams in Articles

Requirements are dead. Long live requirements.

One of the first “Agile” books I read that really inspired me to change how we went about creating software was Mike Cohn’s User Stories Applied. I...

5 replies - 3046 views - 10/21/10 by Jon Archer in News

Distributed Agile: Physical Story Wall Still Useful

When I started working on my current project there was no physical story wall, instead the whole project was being tracked on Mingle. The current state of...

3 replies - 4068 views - 10/21/10 by Mark Needham in Articles

The Planning Fallacy

You know... sometimes I can't help but think that us agilists create unnecessary grief for ourselves when we talk about agile to our more traditional...

0 replies - 1391 views - 10/18/10 by Mike Cottmeyer in News

Call Agile Whatever You Want

Last year, when a vendor was asked to submit a Statement Of Work (SOW) to address the Statement of Objectives (SOO), they came back with a very interesting...

1 replies - 895 views - 10/18/10 by Derek Huether in News

On Gaelyks and Golden Hammers

I had a break in my personal speaking schedule today at NFJS in Minneapolis, MN, and I decided to attend Tim Berglund's talk on Gaelyk. Gaelyk is an extremely...

1 replies - 9163 views - 10/15/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Let's Play TDD #36: Pair Programming! with Rob Myers

Be sure to choose the 720p HD resolution for the most readable text. Special thanks to my guest star, Rob Myers, for pairing with me on this episode.

0 replies - 719 views - 10/15/10 by James Shore in News

What's Your Optimal Agile Team Size?

While 8-10 people is the industry standard for an agile team, and many agile consultants tend to suggest that there is an optimal team size, the truth is that...

0 replies - 4368 views - 10/14/10 by Lyndsey Clevesy in Videos

Agile Prototyping on a Napkin

As an agile developer I still prototype but I tend to do it differently than in the past. I now make a distinction between a prototype and a...

0 replies - 3169 views - 10/14/10 by David Bernstein in News

Gossip Game Requirements

Do you remember the "gossip game" we played in elementary school? Our teacher would give one person a sentence or two and ask them to repeat it to...

0 replies - 13478 views - 10/13/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

From 'Survive to Thrive' with Agile

Agile has had a transformative effect on organizations in the wake of the economic crisis that began in 2008.  When the recession started, companies were in...

0 replies - 2183 views - 10/13/10 by Lyndsey Clevesy in Videos