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Lessons From A DevOps Journey

Matt Callanan has been pushing the boundaries of Agile software development for over six years and most recently he extended that journey to DevOps. He recently shared his experiences in a talk at the Agile Development Practices West conference entitled "Lessons From A DevOps Journey". InfoQ caught up with Matt prior to the conference to find out more about his experiences in DevOps.

Craig Smith
on Jun 27, 2012
My 10 things for making your Agile adoption successful

In response to the large percentage of unsuccessful organizational change efforts consultant Allan Kelly offers his advice and guidelines for successful agile adoption in the form of a top-ten list of things managers and teams can do to increase their likelihood of success.

Allan Kelly
on Jun 25, 2012
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An Interview with Rebecca Parsons - Thoughtworks CTO

Dr Rebecca Parsons is the Chief Technology Officer for Thoughtworks, and a Director of the Agile Alliance. At the Agile Australia conference in Melbourne she discussed the trends in database technology around NoSQL databases, the linking of continuous design with continuous delivery and the impact of the mainstream adoption of agile practices on the Agile Alliance.

Shane Hastie
on Jun 19, 2012
DevOps:Evolving to Handle Disruption

With continued concerns regarding IT’s ability to meet the demands of the business in light of disruptive influences and a changing economic landscape DevOps might hold an answer.

JP Morgenthal
on Jun 13, 2012
The Agile Project Manager — Voilà: The Great Reveal

Certified Scrum Master training tells us we must conduct Reviews (aka Demo's) at the end of every Sprint. Rarely do we get guidance on how to have a great Sprint Review. Bob Galen has experienced the bad "Demos" that were only Powerpoint and helped coach them to the level where stakeholders clamoured to attend.

Robert Galen
on Jun 11, 2012
Managing Security Requirements in Agile Projects

Managing security requirements from early phases of software development is critical. Most security requirements fall under the scope of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs). In this article, author Rohit Sethi discusses how to map NFRs to feature-driven user stories and also how to make security requirements more visible to the stakeholders.

Rohit Sethi
on Jun 04, 2012
Interview with Simon Baker, Author of No Bull

InfoQ has interviewed Simon Baker, cofounder of Energized Work and the 2009 recipient of the Agile Alliance Gordon Pask Award, author of the "No bull" publication on the past 12 years of Agile.

Marta Jasinska
on May 28, 2012
An Implementer’s View of Cloud Computing Readiness Assessments

Are Cloud Computing Readiness Assessments a red herring or a valuable tool to help management decide if the organization is ready to adopt?

JP Morgenthal
on May 21, 2012
Distributed Version Control Systems in the Enterprise

Every major Open Source project worldwide has already embraced Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS), will enterprises be next?

Pablo Santos
on May 17, 2012
Swarming Across Distance

"Swarming" is a technique whereby many members of a team work together to deliver a User Story, taking advantage of the skills of many team members working together at the same time. It is recognised as a powerful approach to delivering high quality stories quickly. Johanna addresses how to achieve the same results when your team is geographically distributed?

Johanna Rothman
on May 16, 2012
Net-Map - A Toolkit to Understand and Visualise Stakeholder Influence

Net-Map is a tool developed by Eva Schiffer that allows you through interviews to visualise and analyse how different people and groups influence a particular situation. It is of interest to Agile teams as it can help you understand who your stakeholders are, how they are connected and the level of influence they have. InfoQ recently caught up with Eva and asked her a few questions.

Craig Smith
on May 01, 2012
The Developer-Tester Divide

The evolution of the software industry has created two separate roles: The developer and the tester. Traditional software development put these two at odds. Now, agile practices are bringing them together again in order to meet the original business goal: working software.

Gil Zilberfeld
on Apr 25, 2012

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