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Empirical Measurement of Cycle Time by Slicing Heuristic
Agile teams which use noestimates, can use slicing heuristic to empirically measure cycle time to help them predict how much, can be done before doing the actual work.
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9th Annual State of Agile Survey Now Open
The 9th Annual State of Agile Survey is currently open for participants to share their adoption of Agile practices and processes for inclusion in the annual report.
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An Update on Agile Coach Camps Internationally
Worldwide Agile Coach Camps continue to allow coaching practitioners to share knowledge and experience with a view to improving outcomes for agile teams across many countries and industries. This post lists upcoming Coach Camps, looks at how and why they work and discusses their impact with participants.
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Agile 2014 Vendor Roundup #3
The Agile 2014 conference is underway in Orlando, Fl, USA this week. This is the third of a number of news items summarising the offerings from the vendors who are exhibiting at the conference.
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Fail Fast Means Learn Fast
Failing fast and often is one of the encouraged practices for agile teams. Sander Hoogendoorn, author of the This is Agile book discusses on his blog the importance of having a strategy that helps you on the decision of aborting a project by assuming its failure on an early stage.
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Managing Epics Across Multiple Channels
How to manage epics across multiple channels? Agile tools support in managing epics across multiple projects and boards.
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Agile Australia Conference Review
The Agile Australia 2014 conference was held in Melbourne, Australia last week. Over 950 people from all around Australia, New Zealand and beyond attended this annual event. The theme of this year’s conference was Embracing Disruption, there were 41 sessions covering five broad topic areas.
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Software Extension to PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition Released
Project Management Institute recently published software extension to the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition. It includes mapping and replacing traditional approaches with their agile alternatives to ease the transition from traditional to agile methods.
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Group Performance Reviews and Rewards in Agile Teams
Group performance reviews, bonuses and rewards in agile teams to promote team culture.
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Survey on Agile in Marketing by CMG Partners
Results of sixth-annual CMO’s agenda, “The Agile Advantage,” a qualitative survey assessing the role and responsibilities of the chief marketer have been released by marketing strategy consultancy CMG Partners.
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The Power of Anonymous Retrospectives
Hiren Doshi recently published a post on his blog about Anonymous Retrospectives, a technique suggested for agile teams to maximize the feedback gathered during retrospective meetings.
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US Department of Defense (DoD) is Going Agile
US Department of Defense (DoD) is going agile with the help of Dr. Jeff Sutherland. DoD created a plan of IT modernization and started using new models of software acquisition.
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Q&A with David Mole and Sandy Mamoli of Trade Me on Migrating to Spotify's Squad Model
Agile coaches David Mole and Sandy Mamoli recently presented a talk to Wellington's Agile Meetup group on their successful experience with team self-formation and a big-bang migration to a Spotify-esque Squad Model at Trade Me, one of New Zealand's largest online brands. We catch up with them to understand their motivations and experiences in this endeavour.
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Q&A with Fridtjof Detzner about Scaling and Continuous Improvement at Jimdo
How can you make a company grow without sacrificing it’s culture? InfoQ talked with Fridtjof Detzner, co-founder of DIY website creator Jimdo, about how Jimdo started and scaled up using agile and why Jimdo uses kaizen and retrospectives to improve continuously.
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Q&A with LiquidPlanner CEO Liz Pearce - Card View Release
LiquidPlanner, a PPM tool, added features like card view to make it suitable for agile teams. InfoQ spoke to Liz Pearce, CEO of LiquidPlanner to explore more about tool and its functionalities.