I'm not a big fan of predictions, but I was asked to make some comments about what I think 2012 will bring for the agile community. This is what I think...
I think 2012 will see a potential backlash against agile, as more large companies try it and fail.
I think this will create more scepticism about agile success stories and will cause agile enthusiasts to try to back away from the term agile...
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There has never been a more important time to be outstanding at software delivery. An organisation's capability in software development is now a major differentiator. Possibly the...
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Talking about agile transformation specifically, it's such a huge topic that I've often found myself trying to get my head around how to possibly explain it and where to start. In...
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I recently read the book 'Agile Software Requirements' by Dean Leffingwell.
I must admit, judging from the title, this is a book I wouldn't have picked up. Whilst there's...
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Here is an article I read recently that I found really interesting. It's an introduction to complexity theory and provides some insight into human behaviour and why agile works...
Introduction...
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One of the key practices of agile and lean teams is the idea of Continuous Delivery. If not continuous, then at least very frequent!
ThoughtWorks has an area of their web site...
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Agile is often the subject of an entire IT transformation within an organisation. But what is IT transformation?
Transformation means different things for different organisations...
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Hi all. Apologies in advance for this slight deviation from my normal topic, but I have done a deal with New Relic so that any All About Agile readers that sign up and deploy their...
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First of all, I was really excited that IPC Media won 'Most Engaged Management Team' at the UK's agile awards this week. I can certainly vouch for that - the people I worked so closely...
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Hi everyone, apologies for this brief commercial interlude! Some of my previous sponsorships have now come to a natural end, so I am looking for new sponsors to help support this...
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For those of you that believe in learning through play, the ball point game (invented I believe by Boris Gloger) is one game I can heartily recommend.
I recently had the privilege...
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As a senior manager, one of the most valuable things you can do for any development team is to create an organizational structure that enables stable teams. Permanent, lasting teams;...
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In the past, I have often talked about the importance of "business alignment". I think sometimes it hasn't necessarily been very clear what I meant by that, so I thought I would try...
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