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Mitch Pronschinske06/20/13
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A DevOps Linksheet

Here's a moderately sized list of Books, Blogs, Articles, Podcasts, and Videos about DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and workplace culture. From the blog "Opus Magnus"...

Mitch Pronschinske06/18/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 19)

Some interesting insight on declarative and imperative programming as well as the newest vulnerability in the OWASP top 10. Plus a GitHub redesign and an algorithm for making friends.

Mitch Pronschinske06/17/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 18)

German parliment may be preparing to end future software patenting, and Subversion 1.8 is live! Plus, learn how to speed up your site with Redis and watch the funniest JavaZone parody trailer yet!

Mitch Pronschinske06/10/13
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Waterfall vs. Agile Cost For Delay Case Study

This is about the hidden cost of the Waterfall delivery approach. Specifically, a study of how incremental delivery increases profitability

Mitch Pronschinske06/10/13
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Scrum at Microsoft

Everybody knows the 3 essential questions.... lets go well beyond that. See the TFS Agile Team at Microsoft do a Daily Scrum.

Mitch Pronschinske06/09/13
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Create your First Personal Kanban

See this common approach to creating your first personal Kanban board. All you need is a board or paper canvas with divisions and sticky notes.

Mitch Pronschinske06/06/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Stand-ups

Chet Rong. He SUCKS as an agile coach. You should watch this funny skit about how Chet suggests we do Stand-ups. Don't actually take his advice.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Team Structure

Meet Chet Rong. He is the world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit and make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Today we have 'The Wrong Way to do Team Structure'.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Specifications

It's Chet Rong again. The world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit, but make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Learn 'The Wrong Way to do Agile Specifications'.

Mitch Pronschinske06/04/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 5)

See why you should write ugly code and how you can build your own Google TV with Raspberry Pi. Plus the new plan to curb frivolous software patent lawsuits.

Mitch Pronschinske06/03/13
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500 Startups: What's Trending Worldwide -- The Lean Startup and More

In this talk, Dave will strive to make sense of the impact the Lean Startup Movement (of which 500 Startups and its portfolio companies are great fans of) has had on entrepreneurship, particularly in Silicon Valley, where Dave is based.

Mitch Pronschinske05/31/13
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An Agile Approach to Acceptance Driven Development

This video explores how Acceptance Driven Development can be implemented within an Agile environment, using Business Stories whilst supporting both Agile and Structured development.

Mitch Pronschinske05/22/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (May 23)

It's time to make Java debugging suck less, and it's also time to start pronouncing "GIF" "jif". Plus, some crucial employability tips and the real difference between "web" and "enterprise" developers.

Mitch Pronschinske05/19/13
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How to Argue About Code

None of us would be very good developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do Things. But I've had enough silly arguments about tabs-versus-spaces to last me the rest of my life. When should we stop arguing and start writing code?

Mitch Pronschinske05/18/13
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Transform Your Agile Process with Kanban Thinking

Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and organizational structures that must all interact for projects to reach their goals. However, many organizations struggle to scale up agile approaches for their various programs, products, and services.