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Key Takeaways from the 'Agile on the Beach' Conference: Day One
At the fifth ‘Agile on the Beach’ conference, held in Cornwall, UK, several leading practitioners of agile software delivery presented the state-of-the-art and emerging trends within this domain. Key messages included the need for the more rigorous use of the scientific method throughout the software delivery lifecycle, and the benefits provided by applying agile principles to product development.
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Driving Transformational Behavior with Core Work Systems
Mike Orzen will talk about using core work systems to drive transformational behavior at the Lean IT Summit 2015. An interview on the benefits that organizations aim for with lean IT, why adopting and reinforcing new behaviors is essential to create sustained change, core work systems and work processes for IT organizations, and common missteps in lean IT transformations and how to prevent them.
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Adopting a Suitable Agile Method Based on Organizational Goals
Dan Tousignant, Agile Executive Coach and Trainer at Cape Project Management, proposed a matrix to help organizations choose their Agile approach.
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Introducing The Arrow Kanban Board
Tomas Rybing shared the concept of the customized kanban board named ‘Arrow’. The Arrow is based on the priority pyramids approach. Arrow is a visualization of the backlog combined with the kanban board that visualizes the work process.
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The Lego Flow Game
Joe Mcgrath, scrum master and coach in his latest blog explained the Lego Flow Game.
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Supporting Practices Beyond Scrum to Become Agile at Organizational Level
Scrum is a simple and lightweight methodology therefore, scrum alone is not enough.
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How to Use Agile at Home
Agile is not meant only for software development. People implement Agile practices in their personal lives too. This post talks about implementation of Agile at home.
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Uncertainty in Agile and the Discovery Mindset
InfoQ interviewed Andrea Provaglio about business models for execution, optimization and discovery, dealing with uncertainty and leveraging it to create business value, understanding both value and cost, growing a discovery mindset, and creating a culture where people have the courage to make mistakes and can learn from them.
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Defining Devops as CALMSS
Forrester has come-up with a new definition of DevOps. Forrester has added an additional “S” for sourcing in the CALMS definition of DevOps. They believe that DevOps must be supported by a solid sourcing strategy to extend the ecosystem. This then brings them to the acronym of CALMSS.
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Embracing HR Practices to Support Agility
David Dame, enterprise agility change agent and organizational coach, describes scaling engagement agility in the context of HR practices.
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Q&A with Gil Zilberfeld on Agile Product Planning and Management
InfoQ did an interview with Gil Zilberfeld about better ways to do product planning and tracking, his thoughts about #noestimates, including value in product planning discussions, and how to improve decision making in product development.
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VersionOne Spring Release
VersionOne has released the latest version of its Enterprise Agile Platform. The Spring 2015 release adds features which expand upon the platforms’s capabilities at the portfolio and program level. InfoQ spoke to Lisa Hagin, senior product marketing manager, and Mark Crowe, director product management, about the features in the new release and the future direction of the platform.
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Tomas Rybing on Priority Pyramid
Tomas Rybing, Director, Project Management at Aptilo Networks, proposed a prioritization technique called ‘Priority Pyramid’, in agile environment.
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From Agile Cargo Cult to Agile Organizations
Avishai Ish-Shalom talked about the importance of moving from agile cargo cult to agile organizations at DevOps Days Ljubljana 2015. He gives some practical examples and guidance for taking full advantage of Conway's Law.
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Managing the Expectations from Agile
InfoQ did an interview with Gil Zilberfeld about managing the expectations that organizations have of agile and how to prevent misconceptions, valuable ideas and practices from agile and what the future will bring for agile.