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- Agile
- Topics
- Delivering Quality,
- Agile Techniques,
- Debugging
At NFJS Venkat Subramaniam, author with Andy Hunt of "Practices of an Agile Developer," shared his pragmatic approach to some of the important technical and non-technical factors contributing to project success, including: coding, developer attitude, debugging, mentoring and feedback.
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By Venkat Subramaniam
on Mar 27, 2008,
News about Coaching and Mentoring
- Agile
- Topics
- Leadership,
- Teamwork
Too often leaders, pressed for time, throw the easiest question at a team. But a moment's reflection, followed by a wise open-ended question can generate new possibilities when a team is stuck. This centuries-old educational technique, sometimes called "Powerful Questions," is a great tool for all team members, to transform "stuck" situations into learning opportunities.
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By Deborah Hartmann
on May 12, 2008,
- Agile
- Topics
- Collaboration
The Agile development community has been practicing Collective Code Ownership for long enough now that we had enough time to find some of the faults.
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By Mark Levison
on May 06, 2008,
- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Change,
- Adopting Agile
Greg Smith offers an in-depth practical perspective on making your agile transition just as much about culture change as it is about process change.
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By Mike Bria
on Apr 14, 2008,
Articles about Coaching and Mentoring

- Architecture,
- Agile
- Topics
- Artifacts & Tools,
- Collaboration
Organizations often introduce Best Practices as part of a change program or quality initiative. These can take a number of forms, from cheat sheets to full-blown consultant-led methodologies, complete with the requisite auditing and accreditation. In this article, Dan North shows how best practices can not only fail to help, but even have a severe negative impact on your top performers.
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By Dan North
on Mar 11, 2008,

- Agile
- Topics
- Delivering Value,
- Change
Agile Software Development is gaining popularity. But, what does it mean to be agile? Is it using unit testing, continuous integration, following XP, Scrum? In this article Venkat Subramaniam discusses how to incrementally introduce agility into a project which is in trouble and not currently agile.
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By Venkat Subramaniam
on May 10, 2006,
Interviews about Coaching and Mentoring

- Architecture,
- Ruby
- Topics
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Open Source,
- Ruby on Rails
Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier sat down with InfoQ's Obie Fernandez at RailsConf to explore some of the reasoning behind setting up the mongrel project, getting adoption in enterprise and dealing with developers who just aren't ready. Watch the interview to find out how much Shaw's Enterprise Mongrel product will cost, where the support contracts are and who'll come out on top when the vultures land.
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By Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier
on Sep 04, 2007,

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Change,
- Leadership
Agile, once the territory of "early adopters" is coming into the mainstream and meeting resistance. Does this mean Agile can't work in more traditional teams and organizations? Not necessarily, say coaches Michael Spayd and Joe Little, in this InfoQ interview taped at Agile2006. What's needed is an awareness of the need to facilitate organizational change.
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By Michael Spayd and Joseph Little
on Jul 05, 2007,

- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Leadership
David Hussmann "Agile Geek at Large" spoke with InfoQ about his approach to coaching teams adopting Agile, including how to customize it for different kinds of organizations, and some common factors to retain, to achieve lasting success.
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By David Hussman
on Apr 13, 2007,