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Manager's Introduction to Test-Driven Development

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Agile
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Adopting Agile

Dave Nicolette and Karl Scotland try to introduce non-technical managers to one of the most popular Agile development techniques: Test-Driven Development (TDD). The presentation intends to be a primer for managers who want to understand the value of TDD, and of Agile in general, in software development.

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Lego Is Not Just For Kids Anymore

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Agile
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Agile Techniques

Lego blocks have been used for playing and building interesting structures. Michael Hunger and Takeshi Kakeda show how Lego blocks can be used as effective information radiators.

Presentation: Agile in Practice: What Is Actually Going On Out There?

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Agile
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Agile Techniques,
Adopting Agile

In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Scott Ambler talks about actual data resulting from surveys made during 2006-2008, showing how Agile is perceived and implemented within organizations. Some of the topics surveyed are: the adoption rate of Agile, the effectiveness of Agile approaches, the effectiveness of various techniques.

Annual Update to the Agile Alliance Board of Directors

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Agile
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Announcements,
Leadership

The Agile Alliance membership recently elected new members to its Board of Directors. Votes were cast via email and in person, and announced during the Agile2008 conference. Johanna Rothman was elected Conference Chair for Agile2009.

Articles about agile2008

"Who Do You Trust?" by Linda Rising

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Agile
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Collaboration

During Agile 2008, Dr. Linda Rising held a presentation centered on experiments conducted many years ago, presenting how deep, powerfully affecting, and difficult to avoid are human “prejudices” and “stereotypes”. This article is a summary of that presentation.

Interviews about agile2008

Pressure and Performance – The CTO's Dilemma

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Agile
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Leadership

In this interview made by Deborah Hartmann during Agile 2008, Diana Larsen and Jim Shore talk about patterns observed in CTOs' activity. CTOs emerge as real people caring for other people in their organization, and are put under a lot of pressure and constraints.

Linda Rising: Prejudices Can Alter Team Work

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Agile
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Collaboration,
Team Collaboration

In this interview filmed during Agile 2008, following the presentation "Who Do You Trust?", Linda Rising shows how prejudices can affect the relationships between team members. According to Linda, we all have a tendency to categorize others based on characteristics like race, religion, sex, but also based on more trivial characteristics, and many times we are not even aware we are doing it.

Presentations about agile2008

Principles and Practices of Lean-Agile Software Development

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Agile
Topics
Delivering Quality,
Delivering Value,
Methodologies

In this presentation held during Agile 2008, Alan Shalloway, CEO and founder of Net Objectives, presents the Lean software development principles and practices and how they can benefit to Agile practitioners.

Jeff Sutherland: Reaching Hyper-Productivity with Outsourced Development Teams

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Agile
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Agile Techniques

In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum, and Guido Schoonheim, CTO of Xebia, present an actual case of reaching hyper-productivity with a large distributed team using XP and Scrum.