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Since Linus Torvalds presentation at Google about git in May 2007, the adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems has been constantly rising. We will introduce the concept of Distributed Version Control, see when to use it, why it can be better, and have a look at three actors in the area: git, Mercurial and Bazaar.
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By Sebastien Auvray
on May 07, 2008,
News about Collaboration
- Agile
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- Collaboration,
- Adopting Agile
What is the role of testers on an Agile team? What is their day to day experience like? What lessons have they learned
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By Mark Levison
on May 13, 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
- Collaboration,
- Leadership
Is your team juggling conflicting requests? Is your Product Owner struggling to decide which customer's to serve and which to ignore for now? Does it seem that everyone has a different agenda? Perhaps you need a mission statement
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By Mark Levison
on Apr 29, 2008,
Articles about Collaboration

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- Agile
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- Technology,
- Collaboration,
- Artifacts & Tools
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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By Jay Fields
on Apr 26, 2008,

- Agile
- Topics
- Collaboration,
- Teamwork,
- Leadership
The Agile “self organising team” paradigm demands new skills of team members – including the people skills for which they may once have depended upon their Project Managers. Far from being redundant, management can now play an important role in helping teams learn new ways to communicate and collaborate. This article proposes some strategies for imparting new skills and suggests some resources.
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By Deborah Hartmann
on Mar 24, 2008,
Interviews about Collaboration

- Architecture
- Topics
- Collaboration,
- Modeling,
- Methodologies
Erik Doernenburg has worked in the field of enterprise applications for more than ten years. He is now employed by ThoughtWorks, and his latest interest is software visualization. In this interview he talks with InfoQ about different software visualization strategies using a combination of free tools and custom development.
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By Erik Doernenburg
on Oct 19, 2007,

- Agile
- Topics
- Collaboration,
- Agile Techniques
In this short InfoQ interview, Nils Haugen spoke with Floyd Marinescu about the "Planning Poker" technique he relies on to improve team estimates. Having consciously experimented with it for a while, he described this simple practice and why it works: by making space for team members to each contribute their own perspective. In this way, it's good for estimates and for teambuilding.
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By Nils Haugen
on Jul 27, 2007,
Presentations about Collaboration

- Agile
- Topics
- Collaboration,
- Teamwork
Teams moving to an Agile approach may feel irritated as they move from command-and-control to a collaborative culture - which can start to look like non-stop meetings, starting first thing every Monday morning. In this InfoQ exclusive presentation, recorded at Agile2007, Agile coach Jean Tabaka shared her experiences working with teams, offering guidance on how to alleviate meeting burnout.
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By Jean Tabaka
on Nov 05, 2007,