
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...
0 replies - 2742 views - 09/01/09 by Jack Milunsky 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...
0 replies - 1598 views - 08/26/09 by Jack Milunsky 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 - 2662 views - 08/19/09 by Jack Milunsky 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 - 2975 views - 08/10/09 by Jack Milunsky in Articles

3 replies - 2581 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....
0 replies - 2343 views - 07/05/09 by Raj Datla in Announcements

Today I'd like to share with you a really
important aspect of Agile software development - how to account for
bugs in your daily plans.
I am frequently...
0 replies - 2435 views - 07/05/09 by Jack Milunsky in Articles

It is sometimes said that agile software development methods, such as Scrum, are ideal for small projects being delivered by small teams.Personally I would...
0 replies - 6717 views - 06/11/09 by Kelly Waters in News

There has been a long thread in the kanbandev group at Yahoo about
how to define what a kanban system is, and is not. Defining kanban is
important because...
7 replies - 27430 views - 06/09/09 by Henrik Mårtensson in News

In my last post I told you about the three levels of control
for managers. I didn't have much time to go into details then, and it
was no surprise to see...
0 replies - 1351 views - 06/08/09 by Jurgen Appelo in News

Lean software development shares many of the key principles of agile software development.Although one of the key aspects of lean development is all about...
0 replies - 1452 views - 06/03/09 by Kelly Waters in News

Quite frequently I am out talking to traditional project managers
or new agile teams that want to learn a little bit more about all this
agile stuff....
3 replies - 4553 views - 05/29/09 by Mike Cottmeyer in News

In part 1 of this multi-post article I explained that self-organization has built the universe and everything in it, from quarks to strawberries to humans, and...
1 replies - 1078 views - 05/21/09 by Jurgen Appelo in News

Self-Organization = Anarchy (Part 1)
In the beginning there was nothing. And then something formed quarks. And the quarks organized themselves...
0 replies - 981 views - 05/20/09 by Jurgen Appelo in News

A reader asks:
My boss knows about TDD but won’t allow us to use it
because he thinks that it is just a passing hype that everyone talks
about but...
0 replies - 3922 views - 05/19/09 by Misko Hevery in News