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The Value Proposition for Agility–A Dual Perspective
Hakan Erdogmus and John Favaro explain why agility is good and when. They associate agility with flexibility which can lead to a better but more costly decision making process.
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We Are No Engineers
Jim Benson develops the idea that software is not engineered, and it is better done collaboratively by a communicative team using Agile and Kanban methodology and tools.
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Building Scalable Products that Customers Love
Per Jonsson discusses Lean Startup in the context of real world examples, and helpful tools for startups - Feedback Loop, Customer Development and the Lean Canvas.
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The Brightbox Cloud Story: Building a Resilient Cloud Infrastructure from Scratch
Jeremy Jarvis shares his experience building a IaaS cloud and some of the lessons learned along the way.
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It's All About You!
Sue McKinney discusses the roles of managers and developers within an organization where everyone owns delivery and is accountable.
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Building Cloud Software–It's Big but It's Not All Fluffy
Andy Britcliffe shares some lessons learned building software for the cloud, along with advice on architecture, technologies and the need for vendor support.
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Use and Abuse of Other People's Cucumbers - When Cucumbers Go Bad
Matt Wynne discusses Mortgage-Driven Development and adopting other people’s tools and processes without adaptation or consideration to actual needs.
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The Power of Play: Making Good Teams Great
Portia Tung believes that play at work can improve team relationship and can fire up creativity.
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Being Followed: How Individuals Help Teams Become Excellent
Mike Hill advises individuals on becoming coaches for their teams using 5 techniques: Sorting, Releasing, Situating, Modeling, and Inviting, and learning what should be avoided when coaching.
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Entirely Predictable Failures
Poul-Henning Kamp considers that if developers are not getting better, we are going to repeat many of the major IT project failures. He exemplifies with major Denmark project failures.
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Innovation: What Every Developer Absolutely Needs to Know
Steve Vinoski discusses innovation and product life cycles, how they affects the market and someone’s products, and what one should know in order to succeed in a very competitive landscape.