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Martin Fowler Presented Workflows of Refactoring
Martin Fowler published an article on his website describing the different workflows that could be used when refactoring and explaining the reasons for combining them.
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Klaus Olsen Elaborates on Bug Hunting
InfoQ spoke with Klaus Olsen to get further details about the bug hunting technique, how it came about and why it is worth using.
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Producing Software, Professionally
"Producing Software, Professionally" was the theme of the inaugural Agile Singapore Conference 2013. The conference was a seminal event for the Agile community in Southeast Asia.
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Improve Your Testing Capabilities with Bug Hunting
At the recent Testing Portugal 2013 conference Klaus Olsen presented on the Bug Hunting technique, a style of Exploratory Testing.
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Advice on When to Repay Technical Debt
An exploration of recent advice from Henrik Knibert, Ward Cunningham and Hayim Makabee on technical debt, how to make the most of it and when to pay it off.
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Increasing Pace of Change Drives Agile In Enterprise Applications
The pace of organizational change and technology adoption is increasing which means that enterprise software development needs to find ways to keep pace with these changes. The rise of big data is also driving the need to undertake many experiment and adapt rapidly. Blogger Matt Asay recently wrote about this in a post titled "Hey, Enterprise Developers! Get Agile Or Get Steamrollered"
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How to Target Intrinsic Motivators - Champfrogs Checklist
Jurgen Appelo has released a tool to help target intrinsic motivators in teams and individuals, his -Champfrogs checklist.
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T-shaped Hybrids in the Multi-disciplinary Team
A survey of recent commentary and presentations by Ken Schwaber and others on the merits of the multidisciplinary, T-shaped, team-member within an empowered cross-functional team.
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How DevOps Complements Agile at Nokia Entertainment
Agile has the manifesto and principles, it focuses on people, clarity for the stakeholders, faster delivery, and happier customers, so why would you need DevOps? John Clapham from Nokia Entertainment in Bristol talked at the Agile Methods in the Finance Sector and Complex Environment conference about what DevOps is and what it has brought to their business.
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The Scrum Behind a Fixed-Everything Success
How can you combine Scrum with a project constrained by a fixed price and completion date? Tim van Baarsen discusses his experience of completing a fixed-everything tender through continuing to work with Scrum behind the scenes.
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Drinking the Scrum Kool-Aid
The Scrum Holy War warns about the religious fervor of Scrum and why it won’t save your company.
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Applying the Lean Startup Approach in Enterprises
Coming to decisions about which products to build or which features to add to existing products can be difficult. The lean startup approach can help to get insight into the needs of customers, and to build a sustainable business around a set of products and services that serves those needs. How can enterprises adopt the lean startup approach to become more innovative and competitive?
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Agile Singapore Speakers & Schedule Announced
The first Agile Singapore conference will be held in November 2013 and the organisers have announced the speakers and talks for the first two tracks.
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Developers, Developers, Developers: Rackspace and Others Aggressively Court Key Cloud Consumer
Recent research has made it increasingly clear that developers hold the key to cloud adoption, and Rackspace is trying to make themselves an attractive option. The Rackspace Developer Discount program is designed to lower the barrier to entry and follows similar efforts by AWS and Microsoft.
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Flexible Contract Template Now Available
Following on from the announcement of the Flexible Contract model that supports agile development at the Agile 2013 conference, Susan Atkinson and Gabrielle Benefield have released a version of the contract under Creative Commons licensing and made it available for download.