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How a Scrum Master Can Handle Impediments with a Team
Impediments are used to discuss issues take actions when a team becomes blocked. Impediments are handled in different ways, a look at how some scrum masters do it.
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The Gospel of MBaaS- According to Anypresence Co-Founder (Part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of Infoq’s exclusive virtual interview with Anypresence cofounder Richard Mendis. The CMO weighs in on Facebook’s acquisition of competitor Parse and provides intel on the pricing structure of Anypresence.
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Different Approaches for Product Backlog Grooming
The purpose of backlog grooming is to keep the product backlog up to date and clean. Different approaches are used by product owners and teams to do this.
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Agile 2013 Program Announced
The Agile Alliance has announced the program for the upcoming Agile 2013 conference. There are 210 sessions over the five days, plus a number of keynotes and special events.
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Coverity 2012: How to Get a Low Defect Density
This article contains the testimonies of several project leaders detailing the process used to achieve a low Coverity Scan defect density.
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The Gospel of MBaaS- According to Anypresence Co-Founder (Part 1 of 2)
Anypresence co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer Richard Mendis claims that their method of MBaaS delivery and execution "is completely unique in the market." Infoq’s exclusive interview with Anypresence co-founder Richard Mendis.
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Reinventing Agile: From Value to Solutions
Jean-Jacques Dubray has written a post in which he challenges the structure of Agile user stories. He proposes a model which is based on a framework that spans such a broad conceptual view from business strategy to the verification, expressing the needs in a set of state transitions using the BOLT methodology.
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David J. Anderson Delivers "State of Kanban-Land" Address at the 2013 Lean Kanban Conference.
At his Keynote at the Lean Kanban conference in Chicago, Kanban pioneer David J. Anderson delivered a keynote on the state of Kanban. InfoQ captured some of the highlights of Anderson's address.
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Learning from Failures with The Lean Startup
The lean startup is about fast delivery of desired products to customers, and increasing your understanding about the needs of customers. With the lean startup, people can learn faster from failures and become better innovators. There are teachers that use a lean startup based approach in education, which helps their students to learn faster.
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Are Older Programmers More Knowledgeable?
A recent study based on Stack Overflow’s data attempts to answer if programming knowledge is related to age, if older programmers are more knowledgeable and if they acquire new skills or not.
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Behind the 2012 VersionOne State of Agile Survey
VersionOne recently released the results of their State of Agile Development Survey for 2012, and once again it proved to be an interesting indicator of Agile adoption and trends.
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Mobile App Developers in Violation of Privacy Laws
Even if an app developer is a geek of the highest order, deftly orchestrating multiple code languages to fulfill their legal obligation for a comprehensive privacy protection policy, it all may be compromised when they permit their mobile app to funnel clients’ personal data, such as; texts, photos, geolocation, audio or video to an ad agency, MBaaS provider or other third party player.
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QCon New York 2013 in 6 Weeks (June 10-14); Top Tracks, Sessions, and Speakers
Going into its second year, QCon New York 2013 (Jun 10-14) will be the largest east coast event for senior influencers in software development. This year's conference is expected to draw over 550 attendees and will feature over 100 speakers presenting across 18 tracks. With only 6 weeks left before the event, there is still time to save $300 if you register before May 24th.
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Using Large Agile Retrospectives to Improve Projects
Retrospectives help teams to learn and improve their way of working. Several agile coaches have scaled retrospectives to cover larger projects or programs with multiple teams. Let’s explore how they did it.
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Java 8 Delayed to 2014 by Ongoing Security Woes
Oracle Java Platform Chief Architect Mark Reinhhold has announced that Oracle has decided to delay the release schedule of Java 8.