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AMQP 1.0 Core Features

Topics
AMQP,
Requirements,
Messaging,
Web Services,
Customers & Requirements,
AMQP 2011,
SOA,
Enterprise Architecture,
AMQP Conference,
Project Management,
Architecture,
Agile,
Conferences,
Enterprise

Robert Godfrey discusses the requirements set at AMQP’s foundation: Applicability, Reliability, Fidelity, Interoperability, Manageability, Ubiquity, explaining how AMQP was designed for the future.

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Survey Confirms Scaling Agile Across The Organisation Is Still A Challenge

Topics
Kanban,
XP,
Adopting Agile,
Waterfall,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Lean,
Scrum,
Agile Techniques,
Pair Programming,
Project Management,
TDD,
Agile,
Testing

Forrester have recently released the results of their November 2011 Global Agile Software Application Development Online Survey in a report entitled "Survey Results: How Agile Is Your Organization?" It contains a number of interesting findings around how organisations that have adopted Agile are dealing with their implementation.

The Management View of Agile - Unaware or Unwilling?

Topics
Adopting Agile,
Waterfall,
Project Management,
Agile Manifesto,
Lean,
Agile Techniques,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile Manager,
Agile,
Management

A series of recent articles by Steve Denning on Forbes have highlighted the challenges that the Agile community faces to get acceptance by mainstream management.

Drilling Down Into Agile Success Factors

Topics
Waterfall,
Scrum,
Project Management,
Lean,
Agile

Scott W. Ambler provides some analysis on the latest Agile State of the Art survey. InfoQ follows up with some other insights and questions.

Articles about Project Management

Agile Development Team Charter

Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Project Management,
Business,
Agile,
Charter

Project Charters have rightfully focused on scope & goals for the project. However, team members can be unclear on their roles, activities, and expectations. This is especially true for people new to Agile. The Agile Development Team Charter addresses this gap by reviewing the Agile Prime Directive, Incremental Innovation Statements, and Team Member User Stories to provide clarity and context.

Faster, Better, Higher – But How?

Topics
Requirements,
Customers & Requirements,
Quality,
Software Craftsmanship,
Project Management,
Design,
Agile,
Design Patterns

One of the main challenges when designing software architecture is the consideration of quality attributes. Not only their design turns out to be difficult, but also the specification of these attributes. Consequently, many problems in software systems are directly related to the specification and design of quality attributes such as modifiability or performance, to name just a few.

Interview and Book Review: Specification by Example

Topics
Requirements,
Delivering Value,
Test Automation,
Customers & Requirements,
Agile Techniques,
Automation,
Software Craftsmanship,
Project Management,
Agile,
Testing

Gojko Adzic has written the book Specification by Example, explaining the set of techniques for describing the functional and behavioural aspects of a computer system in a way that they are useful to the development team (expressed ideally as executable tests), understandable by non-technical stakeholders and maintainable to remain relevant despite changing customer demands.

Presentations about Project Management

How We Got Here, And What To Do About It

Topics
Waterfall,
CodeMash 2012,
Project Management,
CodeMash,
Continuous Improvement,
Agile,
Process,
Conferences,
RUP

Barry emphasizes the need to continue thinking critically about the processes and practices we embrace, accounting for the context in which they exist, and the importance of reflection and refinement at both the organizational and personal levels.

Want Better Estimates? Stop Estimating!

Topics
Application Lifecycle Management,
Planning,
ALM,
Project Management,
Agile Estimation,
Enterprise Architecture,
Estimating,
DevTeach & SQLTeach,
Value & Metrics,
Agile

Joel Semeniuk discusses ways of making better project estimates excluding guessing as much as possible.

Interviews about Project Management

Crossing the Bridge to Agility with Michele Sliger

Topics
Agile Education,
Project Management,
Agile Alliance,
Agile,
Agile2011,
PMI,
Scrum Alliance,
Agile Manifesto Anniversary,
CSM,
Certification

Michele Sliger helps bridge the divide between traditional project management and Agile so that classically trained PM’s can successfully apply Agile practices, and more importantly, an Agile mindset. Along the way, Michele clears up some of the confusion about the strengthened Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional certification and the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification.

Johanna Rothman on Agile Portfolio Management

Topics
Distributed Teams,
Teamwork,
Agile Alliance,
Project Management,
Agile,
Portfolio Management,
Agile Manifesto Anniversary,
Agile2011

Johanna Rothman discusses the application of portfolio management thinking in an Agile way, and having the courage to stop work and cancel projects when they have outlived their usefulness. Tackling topics such as the mission impossible project, the sacred cow project and other management impediments and how to overcome them.

Books about Project Management

Priming Kanban

Topics
Release,
Team Collaboration,
Kanban,
Version Control,
Distributed Team,
Quality,
Collaboration,
Teamwork,
Agile Techniques,
Lean,
Source Control,
Agile in the Enterprise,
Software Craftsmanship,
Project Management,
WIP,
Programming,
Agile

This mini-book offers an easy to follow 10 step guide to taking the initial plunge and start using Lean principles to optimizing value and flow in your system. Each step consists of a section explaining “why” followed by examples of specific tools, practices and rules that have helped other teams better understand and optimize their system.

Domain Driven Design Quickly

Topics
Domain Specific Languages,
Customers & Requirements,
Project Management,
Methodologies,
Languages,
Domain Driven Design,
Programming,
Design Patterns,
Architecture,
Agile

Domain Driven Design is a vision and approach for designing a domain model that reflects a deep understanding of the business domain. This book is a short, quickly-readable summary and introduction to the fundamentals of DDD; it does not introduce any new concepts; it attempts to concisely summarize the essence of what DDD is, drawing mostly Eric Evans' book, as well other sources since published such as Jimmy Nilsson's Applying Domain Driven Design, and various DDD discussion forums.