<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Java Code Geeks &#187; John Sonmez</title> <atom:link href="http://www.javacodegeeks.com/author/John-Sonmez/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.javacodegeeks.com</link> <description>Java 2 Java Developers Resource Center</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>5 Things That Will Make Your Agile Development Project FAIL</title><link>http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/05/5-things-that-will-make-your-agile-development-project-fail.html</link> <comments>http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/05/5-things-that-will-make-your-agile-development-project-fail.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Sonmez</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Agile]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.javacodegeeks.com/?p=12827</guid> <description><![CDATA[Far too many Agile development projects fail. 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It’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/08/what-is-dependency-inversion-is-it-ioc.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Breaking Down an Agile process Backlog</title><link>http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/08/breaking-down-agile-process-backlog.html</link> <comments>http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/08/breaking-down-agile-process-backlog.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Sonmez</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Backlog]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2012/10/breaking-down-an-agile-process-backlog.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[The process of breaking down a backlog is one of the most important steps in any Agile process. I have found over the years that the better a backlog is broken down the smoother the implementation of that backlog is. 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