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Few Random Reflections on Agile

The ten year mark just passed on the Agile Manifesto. It brought out quite a lot of commentary from the Tribe Elders, and frankly, most of it was...

1 replies - 3740 views - 09/27/11 by Rob Williams in Articles

Sad State of Secure Software Maintenance

This is sad. No, it's not sad, it's sick. I'm looking for ideas and clear thinking about secure software maintenance. But I can't find anything beyond a...

0 replies - 4959 views - 09/27/11 by Jim Bird in News

Scrum is hard to adopt and disruptive to your organisation

Before the “Professional Scrum Foundations” course ever existed I was tasked with delivering a practical Scrum foundation course for our customers. I...

2 replies - 7014 views - 09/23/11 by Martin Hinshelwood in News

Agile And The Art Of Outsourcing

I was first introduced to outsourcing many years ago when dealing with a client that liked using an Indian consulting company. At that time, around the...

3 replies - 5271 views - 09/23/11 by Robert Diana in News

Lean Startups: Thinking in reverse, yet leaning forward

“A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes” – Helmut...

0 replies - 7667 views - 09/21/11 by David Bland in News

Should You Ship This Code Before Reducing Technical Debt?!

Technical debt is usually perceived as a measure of expediency. Source: JulesH, Wikipedia, A control flow graph of a simple function You borrow a little...

1 replies - 7126 views - 09/19/11 by Israel Gat in News

Pair Programming: The disadvantages of 100% pairing

I’ve written a lot of blog posts in the past about pair programming and the advantages that I’ve seen from using this technique but lately I find myself...

4 replies - 6082 views - 09/14/11 by Mark Needham in Articles

Interview with Kent Beck (circa 2001)

At the Agile 2011 we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto. One...

0 replies - 4532 views - 09/10/11 by Jim Highsmith in News

A Manager’s Guide to Building a Relationship with the Team

“A talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world class training programs, but how long...

1 replies - 6425 views - 09/10/11 by Esther Derby in News

Acceptance Criteria for Release Management Maturity Model

I was asked a good question by a colleague a couple of days ago. On p419 of my book Jez and I show and I describe a “Configuration and Release Management...

0 replies - 6125 views - 09/09/11 by Dave Farley in News

Agile software development recommendations for users and new adopters

Let me begin by saying that I am an agile believer and as a team player I enjoy this methodology much more than the traditional waterfall methods. Agile...

1 replies - 5701 views - 09/06/11 by Andrew Salvadore in Articles

Life After Pair Programming

When I first joined DRW I noticed that the vast majority of developers were not pair-programming. I was surprised that a company that employed so many...

2 replies - 6165 views - 09/01/11 by Jay Fields in Articles

Lean Startup: It Rocks Far More than Agile

Joshua Kerievsky posted this most excellent table illustrating some of the differences between Agile and Lean Startup. I think this is so awesome because it...

4 replies - 4796 views - 08/30/11 by Abby Fichtner in News

Let's not forget what makes a good tester a good tester

In the past year or so, I've spent more time than not trying to find really good "agile testers" to hire. In this search, I have also had many...

4 replies - 8156 views - 08/30/11 by Dawn Cannan in News

The Case For Rapid Release Cycles

There has been some discussion recently on the Zend Framework mailing list around release cycles. I proposed a release cycle of six months for major...

1 replies - 5676 views - 08/28/11 by Bradley Holt in News