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Behind the 2012 VersionOne State of Agile Survey
VersionOne recently released the results of their State of Agile Development Survey for 2012, and once again it proved to be an interesting indicator of Agile adoption and trends.
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Using Large Agile Retrospectives to Improve Projects
Retrospectives help teams to learn and improve their way of working. Several agile coaches have scaled retrospectives to cover larger projects or programs with multiple teams. Let’s explore how they did it.
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Audio Interviews with Agile Commentators and Authors
Gil Broza, author of “The Human Side of Agile” has announced a series of audio interviews with a variety of authors and commentators on the topic of “Individuals and Interactions” in May. The theme of the series is "Apply proven strategies, approaches, and actions to make the Agile promise happen".
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Leadership for Self-Organized Agile Teams
Organizations that implement self-organized agile teams need managers who empowerer the teams by using servant leadership, and who coach and mentor them to learn and continuously improve themselves.
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Video Lessons on Agile Coaching and Organizational Change
Two video lessons covering agile coaching and organizational change were released by Pearson/Addison-Wesley in the last quarter of 2012. They provide a different way to increase knowledge on agile adoption for visual and audible learners.
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Business Process Improvement Using Agile
Organizations want to improve their business processes, and today they need to do it faster. Is it possible to use agile methods and techniques for business process improvement?
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Release Cadence Report - Survey Launched
Ryan Cromwell has released the Release Cadence Report Survey. Based on the premise that the rate at which software is released is one of the most important metrics teams should be monitoring and reporting on he has launched a survey which examines five areas of team activities. The survey will remain open until 24 May 2013, following which the results will be made available to the community.
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Applying Agile Practices in Enterprises Outside Development
After software development agile practices are now also being used in other aspects of business, according to Gartner. Insights in using agile in the whole enterprise, with examples from marketing, sales and services.
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How can Agile make you Faster?
Delivering faster is one of the reasons that enterprises mention why want to use agile for software development. How can agile be used to become faster?
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How Swarming Helps Agile Teams to Deliver
Swarming is a technique that helps agile teams to deliver working software fast and frequently. What is swarming, what are the benefits of swarming, and when and how to apply it?
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Agile Adoption in the Public Sector: FBI and Port of Rotterdam
There is a need for the public sector to adopt agile software development methods. Two case studies which show how agile has been used for the FBI, and at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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Agile Developers Needed
Staffing firm Yoh Services has released the results of a study which shows that job demand for Agile development skills exceeds supply by a factor of 4 to 1 in the USA.
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Using Retrospectives for Agile Adoption
To become more flexible, durable and increase organizational effectiveness, retrospectives can be used in adopting agile. Some experiences stories and examples of how teams use retrospectives as a sustainable and adaptable solution for agile adoption, to implement continuous improvement with them.
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What HR or Managers can do to Support the Agile Transformation
In an agile adoption, there is need to develop and sustain an agile culture. What can the Human Resources department or managers do to support the agile in their company, and lower the chance on employees concerns about their roles, assessments of their performance, and on their work environment?
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Interview with Naresh Jain on emerging Agile trends in India
InfoQ spoke to Naresh Jain, chair of Agile India 2013 about emerging Agile trends in India. Naresh talks about Product Discovery, Lean Startup, Continuous Delivery and much more, from an Indian context.