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Developing Stable Teams, and Dealing with Dysfunctions
Having stable teams can be beneficial for agile software development. Several views on establishing and nurturing stable teams, and dealing with team dysfunctions.
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Video Lessons on Agile Coaching and Organizational Change
Two video lessons covering agile coaching and organizational change were released by Pearson/Addison-Wesley in the last quarter of 2012. They provide a different way to increase knowledge on agile adoption for visual and audible learners.
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Business Process Improvement Using Agile
Organizations want to improve their business processes, and today they need to do it faster. Is it possible to use agile methods and techniques for business process improvement?
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QCon New York Update (June 10-14): JavaScript, HTML5, Future of Mobile Tracks; Schedule Now Live
The schedule is live for QCon New York 2013 with registrations 60% ahead of last year at this time and 65/100 speakers confirmed. Hear about the latest tools, trends, and innovations in Mobile, JavaScript, and HTML5 development across three in-depth tracks and many tutorials. You can get in early by reserving your seat now, saving $400 by Apr 19th.
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Release Cadence Report - Survey Launched
Ryan Cromwell has released the Release Cadence Report Survey. Based on the premise that the rate at which software is released is one of the most important metrics teams should be monitoring and reporting on he has launched a survey which examines five areas of team activities. The survey will remain open until 24 May 2013, following which the results will be made available to the community.
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Windows Embedded 8 Released
Windows Embedded 8 has been released by Microsoft and entered general availability. Intended to be used by OEMs and in specialized environments, this series of releases marks Embedded's alignment with Windows 8's code base.
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An Analyzation of Parse MBaaS
In this third in a series of posts on the new breed of companies offering MBaaS, InfoQ examines what makes Parse tick. Parse, like its growing list of competitors, saves mobile app developers the time and hassle required to create one’s own efficient mobile backend.
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ZeroTurnaround Acquires Javeleon
Java software tools maker ZeroTurnaround has acquired Javeleon, a Denmark based startup that produces a product related to ZeroTurnaround's popular JRebel dynamic Java class-reloading tool.
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Should You Create User Stories for Technical Debt?
Agile teams sometimes struggle with the planning of pure technical tasks that have no direct value for the user of a system, but have to be done to deliver working software. Should you create user stories to handle such technical tasks and technical debt, or not?
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Applying Agile Practices in Enterprises Outside Development
After software development agile practices are now also being used in other aspects of business, according to Gartner. Insights in using agile in the whole enterprise, with examples from marketing, sales and services.
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QCon New York 2013: 50/100 speakers confirmed; Talks from NASA, Twitter, LinkedIn, Netflix
Over 50 speakers have been confirmed for the second annual QCon New York 2013. QCon New York will take place at the New York Marriott just outside of Manhattan (at the Brooklyn Bridge) on June 10-14, 2013. Registration is open and new speakers and sessions are being posted to the conference site every week.You can get in early by reserving your seat now saving up to $500 by Mar 15th.
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Culture Game Extract #6 Now Available from InfoQ
Dan Mezick has written The Culture Game – a how-to book describing 16 learning patterns derived from Agile. InfoQ is publishing a series of extracts from the book. The last extract discusses the concepts of of personal mastery and belief change.
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How can Agile make you Faster?
Delivering faster is one of the reasons that enterprises mention why want to use agile for software development. How can agile be used to become faster?
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Final Preview of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Released
The anticipated final preview of VS2012/TFS2012 Update 2 has been released. It brings a few more updates including the highlighting of the new LightSwitch HTML client.
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Expired SSL Certificates Break Azure and TFS
Windows Azure experienced a 9 hour outage on February 22 that affected all users who relied on the storage system, including those using Team Foundation Service. InfoQ examines the details that have emerged surrounding the root causes of the failure.