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Accurate Estimates - the ultimate oxymoron?
Amit Rathore questions the value of real time task based estimates in the planning and execution of software projects, taking a lean stance on what they bring to the software delivery party.
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A Disciplined Approach to Agile Adoption
Ahmed Sidky and James D. Arthur present an Agile Adoption Framework. Attempting to provide a structured, repeatable and measurable framework for adopting Agile processes in a software development organization.
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Agile Tools Usefulness Debated
The Agile Journal's April issue examined how tools are being used in Agile projects. There are articles that are pro-tools, anti-tools, and a debate between Ron Jeffries and Ryan Martens.
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An SOA and Agile Discussion
SOA aims at making the entire enterprise agile by using services as the building blocks for applications. Agile software development aims at making organizations agile by introducing practices that increase communication and feedback. This article brought up a few points of agreement and disagreement between the two techniques and readers have started discussion their points of view.
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The ABCs of Agile for Managers
A new article in CIO magazine spells out the ABCs of agile software development for managers.
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March Issue of the Agile Journal Examines Top-Down Agile Adoption
The Agile Journal's March issue examined how organizations can and do adopt Agile practices in a top-down fashion. Liz Barnett wrote that top-down support within an organization is essential for any wide-spread adoption and gave six areas that we should focus on for success.
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Predictions: The Changing World of IT Work
In a recent Datamation article, James Maguire noted the challenge of staying employed in an environment in which the rules are continually rewritten. He spoke with Gartner analyst Diane Morello for 5 predictions for those of us thinking about career directions over the next five years.
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Offshore Outsourcing with Scrum
Swedish consulting firm Softhouse recently published the second part of an interview with Jeff Sutherland, in which he describes how one company used Scrum to integrate with an offshore development team.
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Selling Agile
Reginald Braithwaite describes how the art of selling can be applied by those seeking the adoption of agile development practices.
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Creating a Lively User Community
Recently on the Creating Passionate Users blog, Kathy Sierra talked about making online user forums lively and popular. Why do some mailing lists or forums take off while other languish? She offers some tips from the creators of the successful Javaranch forums.
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Scrum and XP from the Trenches - 90 page experience report
In his recently published "Scrum and XP From the Trenches," Henrik Kniberg gives a comprehensive description of how he implemented a mix of Scrum and XP practices for a development team of 40 people.
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RSpec now running on JRuby
RSpec, the Behavior Driven Development(BDD) library for Ruby, is now running on JRuby. This is great news for the RSpec developers but it has wider positive implications for the JRuby and Java communities.
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How Closely Should We Measure Productivity?
A goal of agile methodologies is to improve the productivity of software developers. Unfortunately, productivity can be difficult to measure. In a recent blog posting, Lidor Wyssocky argues against focusing too closely on quantifiable metrics, encouraging us instead to look at "soft evidence" for productivity gains.
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Architecture a Key Factor in Scaling Agile
Scott Ambler's recent article "Scaling Agile Development Via Architecture" summarizes strategies for Agile teams regarding software architecture, and argues that an effective approach to architecture is an important key to successfully scaling Agile software development.
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Jeff Sutherland Recommends Combining Scrum with CMMI Level 5
A paper proposed for the EUROPEAN SEPG 2007 conference, "Scrum and CMMI Level 5: The Magic Potion for Code Warriors," has triggered discussion in Scrum circles. One of its authors is Scrum co-creator Jeff Sutherland, whose blog addressed a common question: since Scrum can already bring an organization's process up to CMMI level 3, is it worth the time & effort to achieve CMMI level 5?