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Bad Attitudes of Agile

Christopher Goldsbury explores some "bad attitudes" of Agility - assertions about management, documentation, testing, teams, and schedules that are commonly encountered, but contrary to reality. These bad attitudes find refuge and justification in Agile despite the fact they are false. Addressing these viewpoints before they, potentially, darken a good movement is essential.

Christopher Goldsbury
on Sep 20, 2010
Confessions of A New Agile Developer

This short article is a first-person case history of someone taking up Agility for the first time. It covers the problems and reactions that are common to most teams and most developers.

Rahul Sharma
on Sep 06, 2010
Agile Finance: Story Point Cost

This article ties a rather abstract and developer centered concept (story points) to the real world of business (spreadsheets and ledgers). Making this connection is essential for management.

Christopher Goldsbury
on Aug 18, 2010
Skills for Scrum Agile Teams

The skills required to be hyper-productive in agile projects are different from those required by a traditional one. This article identifies behavioral and technical skills required for a team to have that edge. Anyone who acquires these "delta" traits should be equipped with the right set of behavioral and technical skills, which enable them to work effectively in an agile project.

Prasad Prabhakaran
on Jul 26, 2010
Manager 2.0: The Role of the Manager in Scrum

Scrum defines just three roles, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Team - not Manager. Pete Deemer explores the consequences for Managers, how the managerial role might be redefined (including a sample job description), and appointing the manager as Scrum Master.

Pete Deemer
on Jul 23, 2010
The Limits of Agile

The problems faced by teams that are attempting Agile in non-traditional settings aren't that Agile principles are inapplicable, nor that the feedback cycle is doomed to failure; but rather, outside of a certain Agile sweet-spot there are additional barriers and costs to applying Agile techniques. None of these obstacles prevents Agile in itself but each increases the cost of getting to Agile.

Alan Kelly
on Jul 19, 2010
Who Moved my Product Value?

At the outset, it seems like agile is all about short-term focus and a product life cycle is typically the polar opposite – it runs the total gamut in the spectrum that is the life of the product, starting from incubation to end-of-life. So, how does one attribute the relationship between the two? This is where product value comes in.

Mukund Srinivasan
on Jul 05, 2010
Phil Abernathy on Agile Governance and Suncorp's Agile Transition

Phil Abernathy discusses the Sun Corp Agile journey - taking a 19000 person banking and insurance organization formed by the merger of two companies with over 4000 IT staff Agile from the top down. He talks about handling governance and change management, implementing Agile on mainframe projects and the impact of Agile in the heavily regulated financial industry in Australia.

Shane Hastie
on May 05, 2010
How Did the Originators of the Agile Manifesto Turn from Technology Leaders to Leaders of a Cultural Change?

Based on in-depth interviews with twelve of the seventeen originators of the Agile Manifesto, we describe how technology-driven forces led to the cultural change introduced by the agile approach. This message implies what human aspects and methods, practices and tools should be emphasized in adoption processes of agile software development.

Gil Luria Orit Hazzan Tali Seger
on Feb 18, 2010
Agile and SOA, Hand in Glove?

Agile is the hand that works in the glove. SOA is the glove, the scope is enterprise wide. Most principles of SOA and Agile are not in conflict. When they are, they keep each other sane. Agile development without a clear vision of the goals and objectives of the company is futile. SOA without a clear vision how to make it real using agile development principles is a waste of time and money.

Mary Beijleveld
on Feb 02, 2010
The Meme Lifecycle

Julian Everett and Chris Matts describe an IT business case as a meme - one that is competing in the complex ecosystem that constitutes a market sector and show its implications. By taking this view of a business then an organization's short and long term strategies change and we get a completely different view of how and why current development practices exist and persist.

Chris Matts Julian Everett
on Jan 22, 2010
Book Excerpt: Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum

This is a book excerpt from Mike Cohn's new book "Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum". This article describes the primary adjustments individuals must make as they transition from traditional roles to Scrum. The focus is on how these roles change, rather than on a thorough description of each role.

Mike Cohn
on Jan 12, 2010

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