The Agile Blogosphere

How I Discovered That Agile Can be Taught to 200 People at a Time

by Damon Poole, 19 February 2012 | The Agile Blogosphere

I was speaking to some fellow Agilists at an event recently about an Agile training course that I do that can accommodate up to 200 people at a time and they were pretty skeptical that it could be done. Later, I realized my path to creating the course might make an interesting story as well as be a good illustration of the power of self-organized teams. This is that story.Marvin Toll Creates the First...
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Lost without a goal

by Simon Baker, 19 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

I can’t operate effectively without some kind of goal. Let me clarify that. Without some kind of goal I am directionless. I’m easily distracted from any focus I might have started...
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Emotion creates the common language

by Simon Baker, 18 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

The challenge when dealing with people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, qualifications, roles and domain knowledge is speaking the same language. When we face...
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PMBOK v5 Guide Exposure Draft Out for Review

  The PMBOK v5 Guide Exposure Draft opens for public review today – so you can now read it and submit your recommendations for changes. The Exposure Draft is the first open access...
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An Exercise in Flow: The Dice Game

photo by fyuryu We do a lot of training here at LitheSpeed, and our exercises are consistently among the most popular parts of our courses. We’ve had many requests over the...
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Agile Succeeds Three Times More Often Than Waterfall

by Mike Cohn, 13 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

Agile projects are successful three times more often than non-agile projects, according to the 2011 CHAOS Manifesto from the Standish Group. The report goes so far as to say, “The...
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Not Your Dad’s Agile – Delivering Business Value

by Kelly Waters, 11 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

This is a guest blog post from Alex Adamopoulos, CEO of emergn Since the signing of the Agile Manifesto in 2001, Agile as a software development methodology has entered the mainstream...
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Organization complexity is a waste farm

by Simon Baker, 10 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

When people are pooled in specialized silos more process is required to get things done. Responsibility gets diffused and transaction and coordination costs go up because there are...
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Pursuing features increases total cost of ownership

by Simon Baker, 9 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

I suspect lots of decisions are made because they bring short-term benefits despite there being long-term risks. I’ve seen agile teams pushed for feature after feature with the business...
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Estimating and Planning Are Necessary for Maximizing Delivered Value

by Mike Cohn, 6 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

Because I’m so interested in estimating and planning, I always take notice when I see a new blog post or news group posting claiming, “Estimating is waste! Don’t do...
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ScrumMaster? Coach? Agile Coach? The needs of the team and work define the role.

by Esther Derby, 6 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

No matter the name, the  intention of the role is to help teams learn new skills, continuously improve, and make the transition to a new way of working. Some people say it’s...
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Managing costs provides a false sense of security

by Simon Baker, 5 February 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

In the software world, budgets are mostly about headcount and capital expenditure. Headcount is managed by cost per unit, where a unit is a person considered to be more or less a uniform...
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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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