Agile
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Features do not a Product Roadmap Make
Last month, Mike Smart of Egress Solutions and I gave a webinar for Pragmatic Marketing on product roadmapping when working…
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Thin Vertical Slices of Value
I recently had a conversation with two colleagues where I was trying to explain the advantages of frequently delivering thin vertical…
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Common Agile objections
Last time (“Waterfall works when…”) I promised to discuss some of those common objections to “Agile.” (Actually, reading back this…
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Waterfall works when…
I frequently find myself in situations where someone says something like: “Waterfall is appropriate when…” Some people out there think…
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Why Managers Ask for Estimates and What They Need to Know
In many of my transitioning to agile clients, the managers want to know when the project will be done. Or,…
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User Story Guidelines
Disclaimer: This post was extracted from an internal Codurance document used to help our apprentices to learn how we work.…
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Putting Security into Sprints
To build a secure app, you can’t wait to the end and hope to “test security in”. For teams who…
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Four Tips for Managing Performance in Agile Teams
I’ve been talking with clients recently about their managers’ and HR’s transition to agile. I hear this common question: “How…
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Agile Team Member Anti-Patterns
In this blog post, I examine Agile team member roles and explain what I see as behaviors, or “anti-patterns,” that…
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