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Incorporating Software Architecture in to the Agile Process
Through teamwork, an agile team can ensure the quality of its project's architecture, code hygiene, and other non-functional requirements by explicitly creating tasks for those concepts in each sprint. Alexander von Zitzewitz explains the importance of this method of agile development and how the use static analysis of code bases can help the "hard sell" of intentional architecture to management.
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Samuel Crescencio on the Lean Pyramid and Agile Adoption in South America
Samuel discusses the Lean Pyramid, a perspective that links Lean management ideas with Agile values principles and good technical practices, providing a framework for enterprise wide Agile adoption. He also talks about the establishment of the Agile community in South America and his ambitions the region.
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Talking Improv at Agile 2012 with Kupe Kupersmith
Kupe Kupersmith discusses his session on Improv at Agile 2012 and how it can help both teams and individuals communicate better.
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Big Data's Role in Etsy's Product Development
Etsy's approach to big data has been to give the entire organization visibility to different sources of data generated by their product as well as access to the experts who know how to use it. Nell Thomas explains her role at Etsy and how Etsy's view of big data has shaped its product's evolution.
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Lean UX Explained
Learning from past projects, Jeff Gothelf helped synthesize Lean UX into a growing practice within software firms of all sizes, where teams focus on project outcomes and not output. When teams of varying competencies are brought together from the beginning of a project and given ownership, they are able to take responsibility for delivering a great client experience.
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Peter Saddington on Agile Scout & Leveraging Human Capital
Peter Saddington discusses his work as an Agile Coach, his Agile Scout blog, his new book and his passion into research and tools around leveraging human capital and optimizing teams.
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The Culture of Comaking with Jeff Patton
Jeff Patton helps teams build better products by helping them understand their users in a more thoughtful manner. By using the principles of comaking, teams begin to take more responsibility for their projects and their outcomes, thereby creating a more streamlined process of meeting their users' needs and having fun while doing it.
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Pat Reed on Agile, Accounting and Career Pathways
Pat Reed discusses the need for an Agile accounting standard to support large-scale agile adoption, the need for career pathways that are compatible with collaborative teamwork and the role of the Agile Alliance in humanizing the software industry.
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George Dinwiddie on the Three Amigos (Business, Programmers, and Testers)
George Dinwiddie sits down with InfoQ at Agile 2012 to discuss the Three Amigos (Business, Programmers, and Testers) and how they need to interact and use examples in order to get a shared vision.
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Brandon Carlson on Measurement, Professionalism and Fearing Our Customers
Brandon Carlson discusses his Agile journey, measurement and some code metrics tools he is working on. He also shares his views on professionalism and the importance of not fearing your customers.
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The Agile Alliance Leadership on Agile 2012 and Beyond
In this set of three short interviews the leadership team of the Agile Alliance and the Agile 2012 conference talk about the work of the Alliance, the themes and ideas embodied in the Agile 2012 conference, the current state of Agile adoption worldwide, the Alliance's involvement internationally and the future direction of the organisation.
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Paul Carvalho Discusses Pitfalls in Agile Testing and the Zero Page Test Plan
Paul Carvalho joins us to discuss his two sessions at Agile 2012: Pitfalls in Agile Testing and How to Avoid Them and The Zero Page Test Plan
