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Kanban At Home

 As Jen mentioned in the previous post, kanban has crept into our home. Here is a quick post to tell you how we build our board, how we use it, and the...

0 replies - 2965 views - 01/16/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

Scrum and Telecommuting - Our Experiment

Back in December last year I wrote about a pending experiment at work. Half of our scrum team already worked from home, and we wanted to see if things...

0 replies - 4084 views - 01/15/13 by Jon Archer in Articles

Scrum FAQ

What is Scrum? Scrum is a software development methodology that helps teams build better software faster. Why is Scrum popular? In fact there are...

0 replies - 2819 views - 01/14/13 by Michael Dubakov in Articles

"Lean Startup" Lessons for Big Companies

Today I finished reading Lean Startup book and, like most of other readers, I can just rate it as excellent. Here, though, I'll not talk about the quick...

0 replies - 3135 views - 01/14/13 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles

Living With an Agilist

(Editor's note: The following is a guest post by Jen Rogalsky) A couple of years ago Steve came home from work and announced, “Podcasts have changed...

0 replies - 1308 views - 01/14/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles

How Are You Managing Your Talent?

In recent times, performance appraisal has been a subject of intense ideological debates. Performance appraisals have traditionally served as a mechanism to...

0 replies - 2827 views - 01/13/13 by Tathagat Varma in Articles

On Technical Debt: An Interview with Philippe Kruchten

Let's continue our serie of interviews with people who had and continue having major influence on the definition of technical debt and its implementation in...

1 replies - 3107 views - 01/12/13 by Michael Muller in Articles

Karma and Team Management - My Experience at Cerebrata

In this post about my journey with Cerebrata, I will talk about team management (erstwhile known as Human Resource Management or at times in India as Personnel...

1 replies - 2525 views - 01/11/13 by Gaurav Mantri in Articles

3 Reasons to Use Agile to Increase Value in Tough Times

It's budget season. The economy is in the tank. You know budget cuts are are on their way. How do you make sure your team and projects survive? Prove that...

0 replies - 1319 views - 01/11/13 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles

Finding Lost Time in Software Development

"The only thing that is constant is change." This famous quote originated from a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus. For many this statement still rings...

0 replies - 3670 views - 01/10/13 by Zac Gery in Articles

The Problem of Top-Down Goals

There’s a problem I have with suggestions for goals and purpose in standard management literature. Most writers and consultants assume that it’s a top-down...

0 replies - 1031 views - 01/10/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

4 Agile Teams to Avoid

Recently  received a request from  SmartBear  representative to share  one of  Infotoons created by their team with the Agile World...

0 replies - 2106 views - 01/09/13 by Venkatesh Kris... in Articles

3 Great Articles on Technical Debt

Some great links about technical debt: Are bugs part of technical debt? Technical Debt - from metaphor to theory and practice (presentation) Special...

0 replies - 2028 views - 01/09/13 by Rodrigo De Castro in Articles

Why Scrum Won

In the 1990s and early 2000s a number of different lightweight "agile" development methods sprung up. Today a few shops use Extreme Programming, including...

18 replies - 13583 views - 01/08/13 by Jim Bird in Articles

Agile Practitioners Aren’t Supposed to Use Flamethrowers – Are They?

Have you ever been in a flamethrower war? I sincerely hope you have never been in one like the picture, but if you have been there serving for the US armed...

0 replies - 1688 views - 01/08/13 by Bob Hartman in Articles