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  • Agile Methods and Startup Companies

    Jessica Livingston's much anticipated book Founders at Work is finally available, featuring numerous interviews with successful entrepreneurs, including Steve Wozniak, David Heinemeier Hansson and Paul Graham. Although not targeted at agile software developers, anyone familiar with agile methods will recognize the advice on how to build software.

  • How Many Rubies Does the Future Hold?

    RubyConf 2006 still fresh in their memory, some Rubyists are beginning to wonder if the future of Ruby includes fragmentation, particularly given the large number of competing and potentially-incompatible platforms in development.

  • Study: Co-Located Teams vs. the Cubicle Farm

    Many trainers agree that co-location is essential to really see the benefits of Agile, but proof of this has been largely anecdotal. On the ScrumDevelopment list recently, an interesting conversation was launched when a member pointed out a study conducted at a Fortune 50 auto maker, comparing productivity gains in collaborative workspaces versus traditional cubicle culture projects.

  • Discovering the Patterns of Web 2.0

    Tim O'Reilly recently held a workshop to discuss the emerging patterns of Web 2.0. The goal of the workshop was to build on his paper What is Web 2.0. Notable attendees included Martin Fowler, Bill Scott from Yahoo, Cal Henderson form Flickr, and Sandy Jen from Meebo. Gregor Hophe summarizd some of the key findings.

  • Marc Fleury on what makes open source business models tick

    After presenting to numerous investors, JBoss founder Marc Fleury has distilled a very coherent description of what makes an open source business model tick and how it's different from traditional proprietary license-revenue business models. It's a useful read from a trends perspective.

  • Outsourcing Gone Bad - Another Reason to Consider Agile

    Proponents of Agile methods suggest they can spare organizations some outsourcing nightmares, by helping in-house teams produce ROI comparable to outsourced solutions. Stories from Sprint and Sears provide incentive to at least give them a hearing.

  • SOA Software and WSO2 Bring in VC Money

    Draper Fisher leads an $11 Million investment round in SOA Software. Intel Capital, the Venture arm of the Santa Clara chipmaker has invested $4 Million dollars in WSO2, an open source software company.

  • SirsiDynix Case Study: Jeff Sutherland on Highly Productive Distributed Scrum

    Scrum co-creator Jeff Sutherland has just finished a paper on the SirsiDynix project, which he calls the most productive large Java project ever documented. The project used Distributed Scrum and some XP practices. Although distributed teams are often expected to experience reduced productivity, this team's productivity level matched that measured by Cohn on a co-located team!

  • Distributed Teams Can be Effective...Enough

    Scrum, being an Agile approach to teamwork, emphasises team co-location. So why is Esther Derby, ScrumMaster, writing about distributed teams? They pose real communication challenges, but are a reality in many organisations adopting Agile, and Esther notes "you can't just hope that communication will work." In this article, she offers Five Tactics to Compensate for Distance on Distributed Teams.

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