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3x5 Cards: What a Waste!

3x5 cards, sometimes Post-It notes, are a mocked, and often ignored, tool. We're an enterprise. We're a real company. We don't use anything as ridiculous as...

0 replies - 7883 views - 04/20/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

Going Agile From Within

“You can’t apply Scrum without an external expert” “You can’t apply Scrum without a Certified Scrum Master” “You can’t apply Scrum without...

1 replies - 692 views - 04/20/10 by Michael Dubakov in News

Top Sources of Waste in ALM

In this interview, Sam Guckenheimer reveals what he believes to be the top sources of waste in ALM.  He also discusses the things to consider when...

0 replies - 1609 views - 04/19/10 by Eric Hagan in Videos

Alternatives to Certifications: How to Hire the Agile Way

When I speak out against certifications, one common response is a question: "Well, we need some way to hire good developers. How can we filter...

1 replies - 1965 views - 04/19/10 by James Shore in News

Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) – What you need to know

I started filling out my CSC (Certified Scrum Coach) application almost a year ago and then I stopped due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I had been...

0 replies - 1811 views - 04/16/10 by Michael Sahota in News

Do You Need Iteration Zero? A Case Study.

I don't think you need Iteration Zero. "Iteration Zero" is the idea that you should spend the first several weeks of a new Agile product...

1 replies - 935 views - 04/15/10 by James Shore in News

Rally Acquires AgileZen Kanban Tooling

Agile ALM tool vendor, Rally, just announced its acquisition of the Kanban project management startup, AgileZen.  "We're going to use their Kanban board...

0 replies - 3896 views - 04/14/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Managing vs. Coaching vs. Mentoring

In many organizations people are used to the idea that functional managers are responsible for assisting people with their personal development. As...

1 replies - 2014 views - 04/14/10 by Jurgen Appelo in News

Agile Software Development Saves Lives!

Ahem. Actually that's a bit of an exaggeration. I have to be honest with you. Agile software development probably doesn't really save lives. There, you...

1 replies - 1473 views - 04/13/10 by Kelly Waters in News

Dealing with Distributed Agile Teams

Zach Nies is the VP of products at Rally Software, an Agile coaching and tooling company.  He says that as soon as you have development teams working on...

0 replies - 918 views - 04/12/10 by Eric Hagan in Videos

Aligning and Balancing your Backlog

This is a review of Luke Hohmann’s excellent blog series on Product Backlog Prioritization. As usual, I have captured what I believe to be the salient...

1 replies - 1202 views - 04/12/10 by Michael Sahota in News

What Makes Peer Code Review an Agile Process?

We recently had the chance to catch up with Gregg Sporar, Senior Product Manager at Smart Bear Software, about peer code review as an Agile process.DZone: Can...

7 replies - 14885 views - 04/08/10 by Lyndsey Clevesy in Articles

Velocity as a goal

Grant Joung wrote a post a while ago about velocity goals and whether they're a good or bad idea, a topic which seems to come up from time to time on...

3 replies - 3010 views - 04/08/10 by Mark Needham in News

Scaling CI and Improving Build Management

Erin Curtis is the Director of Product Management at Electric Cloud, a company that provides build automation and management software.  Before...

0 replies - 3406 views - 04/07/10 by Eric Hagan in Videos

ScrumMaster Types

As with many other roles, all kinds of people fill in the role of the ScrumMaster. I see 5 types of ScrumMasters. These have nothing to do with the...

0 replies - 1869 views - 04/07/10 by Vincent Partington in News