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Lean Startup or Agile or Lean Startup and Agile?
A recent post by Joshua Kerievsky contrasting Lean Startup with Agile approaches resonated with some commentators and raised the ire of others. Do Lean Startup principles replace and supersede Agile approaches or are they complementary.
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Count Bug Fixes Towards Velocity? Depends …
There have been numerous arguments and debates in the past on whether bug fixes should be counted towards velocity. There does not seem to be a 'one' right answer. However, Agilists have some recommendations describing situations in which they should be added, how they should be added and where they could be avoided.
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Application Lifecycle Management in Team Foundation Server 11
Team Foundation Server 11 has added many features in the area of Application Lifecycle Management. Some of the highlights include support for code reviews, iterations/sprints, resource allocation, third part testing frameworks, and a much more capable dependency graph.
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Steve Denning on Customer Delight at Agile 2011
Steve Denning gave two talks at the Agile 2011 conference in Salt Lake City, both focusing on moving organisations to "21st Century Management" and showing how Agile principles support and enable this change. He maintains that management is in need of an overhaul and that the takeup of Agile approaches helps organisations to make these changes, but Agile alone is not enough.
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The Future of UI/UX in Agile
Many people who are new to Agile are confused about the place of UI and UX design on Agile teams. Previously many teams have tried keeping the work separate from the team or having the work done one sprint ahead. Recently, there has been more talk about welcoming UI and UX into Agile teams and Lean UX has been at the forefront.
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Agile 2011 In Summary
A brief summary and overview of the Agile 2011 conference held in Salt Lake City from 8-12 August. This article lists the key facts about the conference and identifies some of the highlights for this reporter. Future articles will expand on the content of a number of the talks.
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Top Agile Books 2011
For second year in a row Jurgen Appelo came up with his list of top 100 Agile books. The list is based on average ratings and number of ratings done on Amazon.com and GoodReads.com The scoring also considers the year of publication.
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VersionOne and LeanKit Kanban Announce Strategic Partnership
VersionOne, one of the largest providers of agile management tools, announced a strategic partnership with LeanKit to offer an integration that leverages LeanKit Kanban for team level task board management, while using VersionOne functionality for enterprise agile management.
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Behavior Driven Development In .NET
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) is being increasingly seen as an alternative way to approach Test Driven Development. SpecFlow and NSpec are popular frameworks for BDD in .NET. They help create test specifications that are easy to read even for non-programmers and allow the design of the software to be driven by it’s purpose.
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Open Office Layout is Bad for Brain !
Open office layout is usually considered the default layout for Agile teams. Cubicle farms are boring and a thing of the past. Open office is known to improve communication, collaboration and build stronger teams. Is it all as good as it sounds?
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Thoughtworks Technology Radar July 2011
ThoughtWorks recently published its Technology Radar; a report to help technology leaders understand emerging technologies, identify strategic platforms and tools and prepare their organizations for them.
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How Rigid is Scrum?
Scrum is seen as an adaptive and flexible software development methodology which aims to improve the development process. Over the years, there have been many success stories which have been attributed to Scrum. However, some teams continue to smell a good amount of inflexibility and rigidity. Is it Scrum at fault or is it a flawed adoption process?
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QConSF November: Speakers, Sessions Update, Attendance up 100%
Our 5th QCon San Francisco takes place on Nov 14-18, 2011. Last year QConSF sold out early, and this year we are already 100% above last year’s registrations at this time! Registration is open and all 16 track themes have been announced. Most of the conference sessions are still in development and have not been posted online yet. Save $550 by registering before July 29th.
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Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland Release Updated Scrum Guide
Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, the co-creators of Scrum, updated the Scrum Guide. The update focuses on the framework, rules, and ceremonies of Scrum, removing specifics about strategies and techniques. An accompanying Scrum Update document provides a statement of refinements that clarifies some of the finer points of the Scrum Framework.
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Adopting Agile in an Environment of Fear
Agile adoption and transformation is sometimes effective, and sometimes not. Is there a common thread to the failures? Does fear have anything to do with it? And what can we expect if we start an agile adoption initiative in an environment that is full of fear?