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I Come to Bury Agile, Not to Praise It

Presented by Alistair Cockburn on Sep 11, 2009     Download: MP3

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Agile in the Enterprise ,
Agile Techniques
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Summary
Agile came from small, colocated projects in the 1990s. It has spread to large, globally distributed commercial projects, affecting the IEEE, the PMI, the SEI and the Department of Defense. Agile now sits in a larger landscape and should be viewed accordingly. This talk shows that landscape, clarifying how classical agile fits in and what constitutes effective development outside that narrow area.

Bio
Dr. Alistair Cockburn is a world-renowned expert at what is called agile development, the early and regular delivery of business value through improved communications, fast feedback and staged delivery. Dr. Cockburn co-founded the agile development movement, co-authoring the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and the project leadership Declaration of Inter-dependence.

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Agile 2009 is an exciting international industry conference that presents the latest techniques, technologies, attitudes and first-hand experience, from both a management and development perspective, for successful Agile software development.

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Great Conference and Good Talk by Doug Shimp Posted Sep 11, 2009 5:24 PM
Wonderful presentation by Gilad Manor Posted Sep 15, 2009 6:08 AM
A masterpiece by Mike Spencer Posted Sep 22, 2009 3:01 AM
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    Great Conference and Good Talk

    Sep 11, 2009 5:24 PM by Doug Shimp

    Done with a beautiful flair for the dramatic. Alistair delivered on the Key Note Address.

    - Doug
    3back.com

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    Wonderful presentation

    Sep 15, 2009 6:08 AM by Gilad Manor

    Wonderful presentation, great concepts.

    I posted "Agile Safari" a while back where i had these three points:

    1. Always deliver functionality
    2. Develop in short manageable cycles
    3. Make use of the customer

    and no more. which is Agile from the perspective of a giraffe (software developer and hands on development manager).

    I would love to know what you think
    Gilad

    taken from giladmanor.com

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    A masterpiece

    Sep 22, 2009 3:01 AM by Mike Spencer

    If you want to know how to run your software team look no further.

    Reply

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