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Interview with Tiago Garcez about Why Agile?

“Would you recommend Agile in every situation?” The answer from Tiago Garcez on this question is “Yes!”. But sometimes people are unsure what agile means and what an organization can do to become agile? Tiago talked at Agile Tour Brussels about why agile is better suited to the challenges that companies are facing, the value that agile can deliver, and how you can start an agile transition.

Ben Linders
on Oct 10, 2013
Open Agile Adoption: The Executive Summary

Agile adoption is struggling - organisations mandate agile practices expecting teams to change their way of working but the changes don't seem to be sustainable. This is the second in a series of articles which examine why this is happening and suggest an alternate approach - Open Agile adoption based on invitation and engagement rather than mandate and instruction from above

Dan Mezick
on Oct 06, 2013
Codenvy’s Architecture, Part 2

Tyler Jewell, CEO of Codenvy, unveils in this 2-parts article the architecture of Codenvy - a cloud IDE –, providing details on its platform and plug-in architecture, workspace and cluster management, multi-tenancy implementation, IDE collaboration, release model and SCRUM process used for development.

Tyler Jewell
on Oct 04, 2013
Creating a Culture of Learning and Innovation

Jeff introduces some of the steps the employees of a large engineering corporation took to begin building a culture of innovation by fostering continuous learning in the workplace. In an environment where engineering tended to wait for business direction and execute to that direction, they are now seeing engineering selling the business on new directions to explore.

Jeff Plummer
on Oct 01, 2013
Much Ado About Commitment

Great projects are generally the end result of commitment from three basic sets of actors: individual team members, teams and projects. With agile teams committing based on the needs of the business and their capabilities, and delivering against the commitment they make.

Meghan Cagley Thomas Cagley
on Sep 28, 2013
Codenvy’s Architecture, Part 1

Tyler Jewell, CEO of Codenvy, unveils in this 2-parts article the architecture of Codenvy - a cloud IDE –, providing details on its platform and plug-in architecture, workspace and cluster management, multi-tenancy implementation, IDE collaboration, release model and SCRUM process used for development.

Tyler Jewell
on Sep 27, 2013
Social BPM

The growth of mobile devices, advances in technology and the rise of social media are impacting the way customers interact with organisations. This article examines how business process management can drive the way organisations respond to and interact with their customers using social media. Automated BPM can provide the tools for deeper and better customer engagement.

Pritiman Panda
on Sep 23, 2013
Better Agile Adoptions

Agile adoption is struggling - organisations mandate agile practices expecting teams to change their way of working but the changes don't seem to be sustainable. This is the first in a series of articles which examine why this is happening and suggest an alternate approach - Open Agile adoption based on invitation and engagement rather than mandate and instruction from above.

Dan Mezick
on Sep 21, 2013
Your story cards are limiting your agility

Story cards are a long-established tool for keep track of requests and populating a backlog, but the current common format for storycards can lead to improper focus, improper conclusions, wasted time and wasted opportunity. With a subtle but important change to the way storycards are formatted these issues can be overcome, increasing delivery of real customer value

Joseph Flahiff
on Sep 19, 2013
IT Architecture Design Framework: ADMIT

ADMIT details the decisions points that should be considered by any IT Architecture effort. While its format is similar to other Enterprise Architecture frameworks, its focus on characteristics and forces which affect the end result allow it to be used in conjunction with other formalized EA deign and evaluation methodologies.

Suman K Pradhan
on Sep 18, 2013
Implementing Software Lifecycle Integration (Part Two)

In this article we focus on the practical steps a software delivery professional should take in implementing an end-to-end software delivery process. The three basic steps are prioritizing needs, team building, and measuring results.

Dave West
on Sep 16, 2013
Experiments in Performance Management to foster High Performing Agile Teams

Experiments in Performance Management to foster High Performing Agile Teams: A question that often comes up – Agile talks about team performance so why am I measured on individual goals which have little to do with team performance? The author discusses some approaches which can bridge the gaps between performance management and team productivity.

Kamal Manglani
on Sep 13, 2013