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Agile vs. Fragile

This comic/infographic reminds us of some good examples of the 'agile' responses to certain situations vs. the lazy or 'fragile' response.  Be honest,...

1 replies - 4891 views - 03/19/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Organizing for Innovation

One of the constant questions I get goes something like, “Should we create a separate agile group, team, department, product team, or plan our agile...

0 replies - 2023 views - 03/18/13 by Jim Highsmith in Articles

The Two Faces of Agile

Some folks are using agile to invent. They are trying to figure out the right products to build for markets that don’t even know what they want. They are...

0 replies - 2477 views - 03/18/13 by Mike Cottmeyer in Articles

The Power of Community Agreements and India Driving

I attended and spoke at Agile India 2012 in Banglore, India.  It was a wonderful experience - the conference was excellent, and my first trip to India was...

0 replies - 1857 views - 03/18/13 by Dave Rooney in Articles

Jim and Jo Go Pairing

Jim has 15 years experience Jo has 2, they are pair programming but neither are very happy. Jim is frustrated with having to explain himself, he...

0 replies - 3357 views - 03/16/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles

10 Things You Can do to Better Lead Your Agile Team

Jonathan Rasmusson - 10 things you can do to better lead your agile team from NDCOslo on Vimeo. Agile leadership is different. Agile teams don’t like to be...

0 replies - 7926 views - 03/15/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Nonfunctional Requirements

I don’t know about you, but every time I read the word “nonfunctional”, I feel a yawn coming on, and I start to look for something else to do. While...

1 replies - 3874 views - 03/15/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles

Motivation Misfires

Many managers ask me, “How can I motivate my team?” I’ve certainly seen many efforts to motivate teams.  Contests, prizes, pep talks, badges,...

1 replies - 2582 views - 03/15/13 by Esther Derby in Articles

Simulating a Project by Resampling Velocity

I normally write about a new agile project management technique only after I’ve used it for a couple of years and found it successful in a couple of...

0 replies - 2419 views - 03/14/13 by Mike Cohn in Articles

Conway's Law v. Software Architecture

I've written about Conway's Law before (Return to Conway’s Law (2006) and a Focus Group I ran at EuroPLoP “What do we think of Conway’s Law Now?”)...

2 replies - 5761 views - 03/14/13 by Allan Kelly in Articles

The 60 Percent Rule

For a shared identity to work, it is useful to know who is, and who is not, part of the group. This is sometimes quite clear, but quite often it isn’t....

0 replies - 2254 views - 03/14/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

Agile in the Age of Hyperspecialization

Starting the start of the industrial revolution in 18th century, there has been a trend of increasing specialization. Rather than workers being involved in...

0 replies - 2327 views - 03/13/13 by Mike Cohn in Articles

Fragmented Projects and Overcommitted People

In 2010 I wrote two articles on Burn-Out and exhaustion in software teams. Since then there were more and more articles of this kind printed in the major...

3 replies - 2654 views - 03/13/13 by Christian Grobmeier in Articles

Compromises on Quality

Far too often I hear managers say, “Just get it out the door.” I understand the perspective. We work in a world of constraints and the business needs to...

0 replies - 1736 views - 03/13/13 by David Bernstein in Articles

That’s Not Agile!?

Agile at the Enterprise Level is not about the two-week inspect and adapt cycle… it’s about small batches and flow. You may have noticed that...

0 replies - 1562 views - 03/13/13 by Mike Cottmeyer in Articles