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James Grenning

James Grenning on Agile, from co-authoring the Manifesto, to fathering Planning Poker, to Agile for Embedded Development

Topics
Adopting Agile,
Collaboration,
Agile Alliance,
Embedded Software Dev,
Agile Techniques,
Adaptive Leadership,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Teamwork,
Agile,
Agile2011,
C,
Programming,
Hardware,
Leadership

James shares his experience as one of the Agile Manifesto co-authors, fathering the original Agile estimating game (which became Planning Poker) and how Agile methods fit with embedded software development. James also discusses his new book, Test Driven Development for Embedded C, while sharing some surprises, such as his recommendation that teams stop using Planning Poker.

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Thoughtworks Technology Radar July 2011

Topics
Ruby,
ThoughtWorks,
Java,
Dynamic Languages,
Tools,
Platforms,
Operations,
SOA,
.NET,
Languages,
Project Management,
Adaptive Leadership,
Companies,
Enterprise Architecture,
Agile,
Infrastructure,
Architecture,
Programming,
Technology,
Language,
Leadership

ThoughtWorks recently published its Technology Radar; a report to help technology leaders understand emerging technologies, identify strategic platforms and tools and prepare their organizations for them.

Nurturing Self-organizing Teams

Topics
Team Collaboration,
Self-organizing Team,
Distributed Team,
Collaboration,
Teamwork,
Adaptive Leadership,
Scrum,
Agile,
Leadership

Rashina Hoda achieved her doctorate researching self-organizing Agile teams. She recently spoke to InfoQ about the work she's been doing and the results of her research. She discusses some of the factors that enable self-organization, looks at some of the risks and pitfalls that self-organizing teams face and provides some advice on how to create a culture that nurtures self-organization.

Adaptive Leadership to Accelerate Organizational Agility

Topics
Adaptive Leadership,
Agile Techniques,
Leadership,
Agile,
Agile Manager

Responsive strategy, being and doing Agile are keys to effective adaptive leadership within an Agile organization. Jim Highsmith spoke recently at AgileAustin event about adaptive leadership and how it can accelerate and sustain organizational agility. He said that agile leaders should focus on aspects like quality and speed to value as executive levers to achieve business goals.

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Social + Lean = Agile

Topics
ITIL,
Business/IT Alignment,
Operations management ,
IT Service Management,
Adaptive Leadership,
Operations,
Cloud Computing,
Enterprise Architecture,
Lean,
Change,
Leadership,
Agile,
Infrastructure

In today’s increasingly dynamic business environment, organizations must continuously adapt to survive. Change management has become a major bottleneck. Organizations’ need a practical mechanism for managing controlled variance and change in-flight to break the logjam. This paper provides a foundation for applying lean and agile principles to achieve Enterprise Agility through social collaboration

Software Development Lessons Learned from Poker

Topics
Artifacts & Tools,
Collaboration,
ThoughtWorks,
Tools,
Teamwork,
Best Practices,
Project Management,
Companies,
Adaptive Leadership,
Architecture,
Technology,
Agile,
Leadership,
Programming,
Patterns,
Checklists and Guides

There is no silver bullet. We know it, but don't act like it. Your language, tool or process is better, right? Jay Fields says: "It depends". The right choices varies with context, people, and more. This article touches upon how a lot of things must impact a choice; learning culture, skill levels, teamwork, incomplete information, metrics - and context.

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Global Software Delivery with Distributed Agile

Topics
Communication,
Distributed Teams,
ThoughtWorks,
Collaboration,
Project Management,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile Techniques,
Teamwork,
Adaptive Leadership,
Companies,
Distributed Programming,
Agile,
ThoughtWorks' Quarterly Technology Briefings,
Leadership

Matthew Simons and Steven Boswell consider that although distributed software development is hard, it is a strategic capability that a company should consider, presenting a framework and Agile practices that help building a healthy distributed environment.

Strategies for Effectively Managing Legacy Systems

Topics
ThoughtWorks,
Project Management,
Adaptive Leadership,
Companies,
Architecture,
Agile,
Legacy Code,
Leadership,
Enterprise Architecture,
ThoughtWorks' Quarterly Technology Briefings

In this ThoughtWorks Quarterly Technology Briefing, Amit Uttam and Derek Longmuir discuss what a legacy system is, the typical approaches to dealing with legacy systems, the cost of legacy systems, replacement strategies and techniques, technology asset portfolios, system health checks, executing a migration plan, "strangler" vs phased approaches, and continually evolving your system.

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Jim Highsmith on Adaptive Leadership

Topics
Adopting Agile,
Continuous Deployment,
Application Lifecycle Management,
Technical Debt,
Coaching,
Continuous Delivery,
Kanban,
Agile Alliance,
Adaptive Leadership,
Software Craftsmanship,
Coaching and Mentoring,
Lean,
Agile Manifesto,
Agile Techniques,
Agile in the Enterprise,
ALM,
Leadership,
Agile,
Agile Manifesto Anniversary,
Enterprise Architecture,
Agile2011

Recorded at the 10th anniversary of the agile manifesto signing, Jim Highsmith discusses how he works with executive management teams to introduce and integrate agile techniques into enterprise organizations from both the business and IT sides. He defines adaptive leadership and discuses adaptive ALM, continuous delivery, lean and Kanban methods.

Jeff Sutherland: Are Agile Teams Truly Agile?

Topics
Team Collaboration,
Adopting Agile,
Distributed Team,
Collaboration,
Scrum Master,
Scrum,
Adaptive Leadership,
Agile Education,
Agile Techniques,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile Alliance,
Teamwork,
Agile Manifesto,
Agile Manifesto Anniversary,
Leadership,
Agile,
Scrum.org,
Scrum Alliance,
Agile2011,
Scrum Assessments

Ten Years after the Agile Manifesto Jeff Sutherland muses the question of whether Agile teams are truly Agile. You’re not Agile if you’re not producing product at the end of each sprint. Jeff discusses doing scrum well, velocity and production measurements and the next big challenge for Agile leaders.

Systems Thinking for Management

Topics
Team Collaboration,
Distributed Team,
Collaboration,
Adopting Agile,
Adaptive Leadership,
Teamwork,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile,
Leadership,
Agile2011,
Agile Manager

Esther Derby talks about common management and team traps that can impact organisations adopting Agile methods. She describes the conditions needed to form "real teams" and how management can create the right environment to nurture the formation of self organizing teams.