In my pursuit of the ideal collaboration platform, I’ve tested a few knowledge management systems lately: Knowledge Plaza, Seemy, a combination of...
0 replies - 755 views - 11/12/09 by Sebastien Arbogast in News
Most folks don't like change. I know I don't. But one things certain,
adopting an Agile approach to software development requires much change
in an...
0 replies - 194 views - 11/04/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
After all, programmers are all lazy and stupid.Got his complaint recently."Developers on a fairly routine basis check in code into the wrong...
1 replies - 800 views - 10/28/09 by slott in News
I had a recent conversation with some folks who were desperate to
"processize" everything. They were asking about Scrum Master
certification and what...
0 replies - 545 views - 10/22/09 by slott in News
An interesting question was brought up in a recent LinkedIn discussion thread: "Is
velocity the right approach to measure productivity of team...
0 replies - 290 views - 10/16/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
OutSystems released a free version of the Agile Platform that allows developers to create web business applications and explore Agile techniques
0 replies - 286 views - 10/14/09 by Tiago Simões in Announcements
I recently participated in a Scrum development discussion thread on
Yahoo Groups where one member new to Scrum asked the following: "Our
burndown chart's...
0 replies - 435 views - 10/07/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
In all the Scrum literature, there is much rhetoric on focusing on
delivering value but there is very little explanation on how you
calculate it. Exactly how...
0 replies - 437 views - 09/21/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
One of the killers on software development projects is
Work-In-Progress. We have learned from the Lean experts, and from the
teachings on the Toyota Production...
0 replies - 1069 views - 09/08/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
Leading on from last week where I described that there are two main
parts to user stories, the user (or persona or role) and the story (a
short description of...
0 replies - 414 views - 09/01/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
At every training session I do on Agile and Scrum, there two questions
that are guaranteed to be asked without fail. What are user stories?
and Why are they...
0 replies - 385 views - 08/26/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
Last week I established three good reasons to go with Story Points and
why they're so popular. This week I want to talk about one more
important aspect of...
0 replies - 642 views - 08/19/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
Expecting your teams to estimate in Story Points can be quite a leap of
faith. When I first introduced the concept of Story Points at my
previous company,...
0 replies - 510 views - 08/10/09 by Agilebuddy in Articles
This book is split into three parts. The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity. Each...
3 replies - 1028 views - 08/03/09 by Jonathan Giles in Book Reviews
Goda Software announces the release of CASE Spec 8.7 with discount
offers. CASE Spec 8.7 features many enhancements, including inline data
editing in grids. It...
0 replies - 685 views - 07/05/09 by datlasr in Announcements
