Agile Adoption

What Is Agile?

If anyone was thinking agile is old news, think again. As part of this blog, I monitor Google search volumes pretty closely, which gives a good indication of demand. And you know what? "What is agile" is still one of the biggest search terms around, and it's still growing! In my original post '10 key principles of agile', I answer this question for newbies and explain exactly that, as well as...
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State of Agile survey for 2011 tells a familiar story

One particular chart in the State of Agile survey for 2011 tells a familiar story. Have a look. First up, C - Unit Testing at 70%. That’s reassuring. And unit testing is and...
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Software Delivery As A Competitive Advantage – The Need for Change

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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Agile IT Transformation

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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Agile Transformation and the Chasm

In his book “Crossing the Chasm“, Geoffrey Moore describes the difficulty of creating a popular new product due to a conceptual “chasm” between the first people who adopt a...
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IT Transformation

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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Agile Games – ball point game

by Kelly Waters, 27 September 2011
Agile Adoption

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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The Value of Stable Teams

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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UK Agile Awards 2011 – Shortlist Announced

by Kelly Waters, 12 August 2011
Agile Adoption

Hi everyone.  The shortlisted entries for the UK Agile Awards 2011 has now been announced.  You can see the full list here - Agile Awards 2011 Shortlist. I'm pleased to see IPC...
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Remember that Agile is about Quality and Business Value

by Mike Caspar, 10 July 2011
Agile Adoption

Recently, I had an interesting discussion with a companion about Agile Processes and the need for corporations, communities or groups to change their approach to planning and doing...
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Seeing the Wind

I’ve just spent the past week at Junior Sailing Camp, helping kids circa age 10 become better sailors. At this age, they’ve learned many of the basic concepts: that pushing the...
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Which Agile Methodology Do You Use?

by Kelly Waters, 30 June 2011
Agile Adoption

If you haven't done this poll yet, please spare about 5 seconds of your time to let me know what agile methodology (or combination or methods) you are using? It would be great to...
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Agile Glossary

by Kelly Waters, 24 June 2011
Agile Adoption

Damon Poole (who blogs at Do It Yourself Agile) and Kristine Englert from AccuRev have pulled together an agile glossary, to help people come to terms with the ever-growing array of...
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