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Does an organisation need to be fully committed to agile/lean/scrum?

Alan Atlas has a recent blog post where he discusses agile, lean and scrum and suggests that you can't truly achieve agility unless your company is fully...

3 replies - 1683 views - 03/11/10 by Mark Needham in News

Defects - The 7 Software Development Wastes

Introduction When one looks at all the wastes, defects has to be the most obvious one. The cost and repercussions of finding defects varies depending on...

1 replies - 3316 views - 03/10/10 by Jack Milunsky in News

Moving Items Backwards on a Kanban Board

A question that comes up a lot and is discussed at great length during Kanban conferences is whether or not you should move an item backwards on a Kanban...

0 replies - 5467 views - 02/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Agile Reflections for 2009; Predictions for 2010

Software development methodologies, like the technologies they produce, have have continued their march forward.  2009 saw some significant changes in how...

0 replies - 4922 views - 12/30/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

We’re not Japanese and we don’t build cars

In 1979 a group of western dignitaries visited Japan to learn more about the manufacturing models that had been applied to great success....

2 replies - 12387 views - 12/23/09 by Richard Durnall in Articles

If Value is the Problem, What Can I Do About It?

Wednesday I published a post called "Why is Agile so Hard to Sell?". If you haven't checked out the comment thread, you should really take a look....

0 replies - 934 views - 12/22/09 by Mike Cottmeyer in News

The State of Agile

Introduction Seems like there's lots going on in the agile world right now. Lots of talk about Lean and it's impact on Agile. Lots of attacks going on at...

1 replies - 1542 views - 12/14/09 by Artem Marchenko in News

My Devoxx Discoveries of the Year

Every year, the main reason why I go to Devoxx is to discover new stuff. For me it’s all about technology watch. The internet and RSS feeds are my main...

0 replies - 11231 views - 11/29/09 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Scrum shortcomings

Many of us have come to love Scrum, including me. Scrum has been a huge success overall and has turned many a development team around and for the better. Yet...

3 replies - 3435 views - 09/29/09 by Jack Milunsky in Articles

"Stop Starting and Start Finishing" - A successful Lean philosophy

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...

0 replies - 4954 views - 09/08/09 by Jack Milunsky in Articles

Top 50 New Software Development Books

It's been nine months since I created the Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever, with the best books ever released. I still refer to it when I want to...

0 replies - 20567 views - 03/04/09 by Jurgen Appelo in News

Software Development Methodologies - The Definitive List

TerminologyIn the various descriptions of methods on Wikipedia I have noticed many different terms being used, like method, process, model, framework, etc.....

0 replies - 11453 views - 08/12/08 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles