Jared Richardson04/21/10
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Hard Stop Iterations: No Where to Hide!

One of biggest problems with the traditional waterfall model is simply it's length. It's a lot more difficult to understand how things went off the tracks when your project lasts for months or years. By the time you realize there's a problem with one part or...

Nitin Bharti04/20/10
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The Lean Startup

The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. In this presentation,...

Eric Hagan04/20/10
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Tester and Developer "Cross-Pollination"

Joachim Herschmann is the Director of Product Management at Micro Focus. He works on SilkTest, which is a functional and regression testing product,...

Jared Richardson04/20/10
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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 slips of paper! We use enterprise tools. We use databases! By the way, why do we keep having problems...

Martin Fowler04/20/10
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Semat

SEMAT (Software Engineering Method and Theory) is an effort initiated by Ivar Jacobson, Bertrand Meyer, and Richard Soley. Its stated aim is to "refound software engineering based on a solid theory, proven principles and best practices". Like...

Michael Dubakov04/20/10
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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 XYZ” You can replace Scrum with any other buzzword. Is it really necessary to have an agile coach on...

Mitch Pronschinske04/19/10
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Code Review Tools and Techniques

Compared to other development activities, code review tends to have less published resources available to help developers stay abreast of the latest review methods, tooling, and best practices. Arming developers with the knowledge of code review tools and...

Michael Norton04/19/10
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Caution: Metrics change behavior

Measuring and reporting are important I've often heard said, "That which you cannot measure, you cannot improve." And while I do believe this is a general truth, I think it fails to tell the entire story. It is not just about what we can measure, but what we...

Luigi Agosti04/19/10
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Debug It! Book Review

The idea to write a book about debug is brilliant. There is an increasing demand for developers to fill positions where maintaining the code is an important part of the job. But we still don't have...

Eric Hagan04/19/10
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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...

James Shore04/19/10
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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 through the piles of candidates we get without using certifications?"

Michael Sahota04/16/10
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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 using Scrum for quite a while and successfully transitioned a number of teams, but didn’t understand...

Steven Lott04/15/10
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Ways to Complicate Use Case Analysis

I sat through a great use case analysis session recently."Great" because I saw lots of ways to derail a simple process. Eventually, we did identify a couple of actors and a couple of use cases. But it took hours and hours. Bonus: this was the...

James Shore04/15/10
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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 setting up technical infrastructure, gathering requirements, and so forth. I don't use it because I know you...

Mitch Pronschinske04/14/10
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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 in Rally," said Rally CTO and co-founder Ryan Martens. AgileZen's web-based Kanban board is...