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Agile “Engineering” Practices, a Cheat Sheet
Every once in a while, somebody posts an article about “The Agile Engineering Practices”. Usually, it is an article about why we shouldn’t do them, or why they are “considered harmful.” These...
View ArticleAgileSherpa: Your Hub for News, Coach and Resources
In the first part of this blog series, we learned about the Intro to Agile, Training and Events section of AgileSherpa. If you’ve missed the first part, AgileSherpa is the premiere destination for...
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How to Win $1,500 for 15 Minutes of Work
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve gotten the memo by now… We’re running a State of Agile Survey. Big freakin’ deal; so are five other groups out there, right? If you only have time to do...
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Why I Love the Boards We Use In Agile Software Development
I know this is going to sound weird, but I have an affinity for the boards we use in Agile Software Development (or Agile Project Management). I’m using the generic term board, but you may refer to...
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The Agile Checklist Manifesto
Airline pilots use a checklist to clear their planes for takeoff. In an experiment Dr. Pronovost, a critical care specialist at John Hopkins, used the checklist strategy to attack just one common...
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Why I Love Scrum
Gonna keep this short and sweet… I’ve been practicing Scrum for about 7 years now. And in my experience, it just flat out works. It’s simple, fun, and it brings people together, which is something that...
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Agile Software Needs Craftsmen
So, you want to be an Agile shop. You’ve read all kinds of cool stuff about Sprints, and WIP limits, and daily stand-up meetings. You even think you get this crazy User Story and Planning Poker...
View ArticleSolutionsIQ: Automating Application Development, SAFe, and Other Takeaways...
“How do we get the servers to be as responsive as our software development?” SolutionsIQ developer/coach Ben Tomasini asked this question last week at AgilePalooza in Seattle. It was just one of the...
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Enforced Workflow is inherently NOT Agile
One of the ironies of being a technologist in the Agile world is that while we love our tools and toys, we also know that some things should be done by hand. One of my jobs as a consultant at...
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Call Me Ishmael…
Who remembers loving High School English? Anyone…Anyone…. No I didn’t think so. But we all remember it very well. One of the things that really stands out for me was the number of really, really,...
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