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Using SEMAT in Agile Adoption

The article Agile and SEMAT-Perfect Partners describes what the Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative adds to agile and how SEMAT can be used when organizations adopt agile. InfoQ interviewed Ivan Jacobson and Ian Spence about what SEMAT is and how agile teams can use it, and on combining Essence from SEMAT with other software engineering frameworks like SAFe, CMMI, etc.

Ben Linders
on Jun 03, 2014
Taking Back Agile

Tim Ottinger's blog post I want Agile back earlier this year led to discussions in the agile community about the way that organizations are adopting agile and the services that the industry provides to supports them. Together with Ruud Wijnands he started "take back agile" which focuses on technical practices and craftsmanship in agile.

Ben Linders
on May 29, 2014
An interview with Matt Winn on JP Morgan’s Agile Transformation

Matt Winn, from J.P. Morgan’s securities group, Singapore describes his own perspective of using Large-Scale Scrum to create significant change within a tier-one financial services firm.

Stuart Turner
on May 27, 2014
Exchanging Industry Experiences with Agile Methodologies

The Agile Consortium Belgium, Sirris and Agoria organized an event to share experiences with agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, visual management, XP, DSDM and Lean. An interview about the different agile methodologies that were covered, on using agile for innovation and how events where organizations share their experiences can help the industry to adopt agile practices.

Ben Linders
on May 23, 2014
From MDM to MDM: From Managing Devices to Apps to Data

Mobile operations management (MOM) is one of the top priorities of today’s modern enterprise. While the first generation of MOM solutions evolved around the management of mobile devices and applications, organizations have quickly realized that an effective enterprise mobile infrastructure requires addressing a more difficult challenge: managing and securing mobile business data.

Jesus Rodriguez
on May 22, 2014
5 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Agile Engineering Practices Today

The companies that can best leverage the process of building software are the ones that will succeed in the next decade. Learn how taking advantage of Agile Engineering Practices helps your business achieve this competitive edge. And, learn 5 ways your business can benefit from Agile Engineering Practices today.

Debbie Madden
on May 20, 2014
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book: The Agile Culture - Leading through Trust and Ownership

Developing an agile culture is something that enterprises often do when they adopt agile. Such a culture change involves changing the way that managers lead people to help them to become self-organized. The book "The Agile Culture" describes how you can develop a culture of energy and innovation, and provides tools to build trust, take ownership and deal with walls and resistance in organizations.

Ben Linders
on May 17, 2014
Towards Agile CMMI Level 3: Requirement Development and Verification

This article shows how to do requirement development in agile environments, covering concepts and offering examples of how an agile team could run a CMMI for Development SCAMPI to become appraised at a targeted level 3 for the areas of requirements development and verification.

Nicolás Afonso Alonso Víctor Javier Jara López
on May 16, 2014
Agile Research

The article applies the Agile Principles to the field of qualitative academic research, with the emphasis on conducting the investigation using the Grounded Theory Methodology. An “Agile Research” approach identifies the “customers” of the research, delivers publication draft at the end of short iterations, and carries out the research in sprints that focus on defined research activities.

Professor Orit Hazzan Sergey Tozik
on May 14, 2014
Distributed Agile: 8 ways to get more from your distributed teams

Keith Richards looks at how to succeed with agile in a distributed context. He investigates what needs to happen and why it is important to understand and address the ‘big ticket’ items. His findings are sometimes surprising and he also asserts that to some extent nearly all work is ‘distributed’ in some form, therefore we can all benefit from these findings.

Keith Richards
on May 07, 2014
*-Driven* do not change anything

Michał Bartyzel challenges the need to master a *Driven* approach to be Software Professional. These might be: DDD, TDD, BDD, MDD or other frameworks. He maintains that they may be responsible for cognitive biases rather than playing a supporting role for broader and deeper skills.

Michał Bartyzel
on May 02, 2014
Author Q&A: Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from "Waterfalling Backward"

Leslie Ekas & Scott Will have written a book which provides advice on how to make an agile transformation sustainable. They identify some common mistakes and provide ideas on how to avoid them, with a focus on what is needed to Be Agile instead of just doing agile practices.

Shane Hastie
on Apr 29, 2014