Third Annual State of Agile Survey Data Available
This survey doesn’t try to measure agile adoption, but it gives interesting information on how agile is adopted, how agile projects succeed and how... more »
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Secretaries Make the Best ScrumMasters
Do you believe the title of this post? If you do, don't feel bad, you are not alone. I have been working in project management and around project... more »
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Great Design Pattern Resources
Some common patterns include the Singleton, Facade, Adaptor and Decorator. There are many, many patterns and below are some great resources to learn... more »
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Project Management and Scrum
An article on successful project management and reasons for the popularity of Scrum.
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Can unit testing be a waste?
It is sometimes hard to start implementing new feature (or fix a bug) by writing an unit test even for a very agile and experienced developer, that's... more »
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Software Estimation is hard (right)?
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Martin Woodward has a great article on software estimation, why it is hard and what Agile brings to the table. The approach I have seen the most in... more »
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Virtual SCRUM Board
Virtual SCRUM Board (VSB) is a software tool that helps Scrum teams manage the uncommitted backlog, sprints, stories and tasks. VSB empowers Scrum... more »
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Why we bill by the Hour
Hourly vs. Fixed Bid, why we bid hourly and always will.
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5 Software Build Patterns
Do you want to help develop build patterns and identify? We have patterns-a-plenty for writing code. How about patterns for building it?
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User Stories: Three Steps to Better Presentations
As a Scrum Coach, I often take on the role of Evangelist. Monday afternoon, I explained Scrum to the Swiss Java User Group[1]. Although not my first... more »
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Agile Development: why it rocks, who it helps, and why it's failing
What's up with people complaining about Agile? Do the not know it's awesome?
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Getting Starting with StructureMap -- Simple Setup Scenarios (v2.5)
A short screencast on getting starting with StructureMap -- Simple Setup Scenarios (v2.5)
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Lean Software Development
While working in London for TrafficBroker I had the opportunity to try out Fred George's Lean process. To date, it's absolutely my favorite way to... more »
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Productivity
Productivity and velocity. They're related, but they're very different things.
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Agile Game Development: Iterations and vertical slices
Any game developed using agile makes progress using iterations. The goal of every team for every iteration should be to make progress by adding value... more »
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My effective time management theory
I like to write about my own time management theory that I apply on projects and it works very well...
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Craftsmanship is Mastery
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This is the literal translation of an old dutch saying "Vakmanschap is Meesterschap"; being a master in your profession. In my opinion the lacking of... more »
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Rails Behind the Firewall
Atlantic Dominion Solutions CEO, Robert Dempsey, discusses the pros and cons of using Rails for internal applications.
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Identifying Senior Software Engineers: Six Critical Differences
For HR and legal purposes, most development companies classify Software Engineers into ranks from I to IV (or V). The higher the rank, the higher the... more »
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Don't bring me solutions, bring me problems
Why managers/leaders/product owners sometimes treat developers as machines to write the code? Why they don't trust developers and don't believe they... more »
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5 Reasons Why We Are Implementing Scrum
We’re implementing Scrum as a process framework for the development of our projects. We’re iteratively implementing it, sprint for sprint. Therefore,... more »
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First law for an unruly software programmer
a thought on basics of software programming
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I'm thinking of using agile software development - but should I use Lean software development instead?
Agile software development is an umbrella term for several software development methods (including Extreme Programming and Scrum) that were developed... more »
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Pair programming. What researches say on the costs and benefits of the practice.
Effect of Pair programming on defect rate, quality and costs. Scientifically valid research results only. Not all that rosy.
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Acceptance TDD Explained
Acceptance test-driven development is what helps developers build high-quality software that fulfills the business’s needs as reliably as TDD helps... more »
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