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Principles over practices The agile methods and practices are built on a common philosophy and common principles for good system development. These principles are described in the agile manifesto. When agile methods and practices are implemented, it’s often from the wish of a more efficient development process, but equally often without knowing if the organizational conditions for such a renewal are present or wanted. Often we see that agile attempts, typically in larger organizations resulting… Continue

Added by Henrik Sternberg on September 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

How Agile Practices address the Five Dysfunctions of a Team ?

Since times immemorial, ideas, objects and experiences of grand stature and lasting economic, social and emotional value have been created by men and women working together in teams. Granted that some extraordinary work in the fields of arts, philosophy and sciences was done by truly exceptional individuals, apparently working alone, I suspect that they too were ably supported by other selfless and unsung individuals (in the backoffice, perhaps) who all worked together as a team. Right from the… Continue

Added by TV on January 19, 2009 at 6:58am — No Comments

Scrummy?

I came across this website completely by accident via stumbleupon: scrumy.com hell if the video doesn't convince you I don't know what will ;-) lol

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Added by Peter Ellis on December 25, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Survey: What are your thoughts on this recession?

Hello Agile Thinkers! Currently, Neuron Global is creating a Special Report on the Current Economic downturn. I am writing you today because we are still in the process of finding out what issues and fears are at the forefront of people’s minds and we very much need help in collecting this research. We aim to develop a timely white paper, available online, that answers critical questions like: 1. What lessons from economic downturns in the past can be appl… Continue

Added by Rachel Pagdan on October 23, 2008 at 6:56am — No Comments

Self managing/organising teams: Hey Scrummaster, let the team decide!

A self-organizing team is a powerful concept. But what if the team collectively decides to go into a direction that you as a Scrum Master know for sure that they will hit problems. (or at least you think) F.i. they decide to abandon retrospectives. Will you respect their decision or will you try to change it? Would you go for option 1) respect the team or 2) try to convince the team away from their decision. May I ask you, intelligent agilist, to provide examples of similar conflicts you encou… Continue

Added by Peter Janssens on July 30, 2008 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Mary Poppendieck is giving a free talk in Copenhagen 24th of June

The title of the paper is: " Will Agile Software Development end on the dumping grounds of History" Read more: http://www.bestbrains.dk/english.aspx/Workshops/Free_lecture_with_Mary_Poppendie\ ck There is also still a chance to get a seat in the 2 day class : Practitioners Course in Lean Software Development, June 23-24 in Copenhagen. And at the same time experience the Danish Mid-Summer. :-) Read more here: http://www.bestbrains.dk/english.aspx/Workshops/Poppendieck-2008 Continue

Added by Bent Jensen on June 12, 2008 at 1:24pm — No Comments

The Agile Enterprise: Real World Experience in Creating Agile Companies

Creating a successful Scrum team is only the first step on the road to an Agile company. In most enterprises today, you must create a successful product portfolio delivered by distributed/outsourced teams. Even then, to win in a market segment, an Agile approach to the enterprise product strategy is needed to dramatically improve opportunity for success. Take 1.5 hour to see the webcast with Jeff Sutherland Continue

Added by Jørgen Larsen on June 11, 2008 at 9:23pm — No Comments

Interview: Dr Jeff Sutherland: father of Scrum

Found an interview with Dr Jeff Sutherland in Jayview issue 15(PDF). Continue

Added by Jørgen Larsen on May 12, 2008 at 11:19am — No Comments

Scaling Scrum

Dr. Dobb's got an article about scaling Scrum - meeting real-world development needs. ''Scrum is an agile methodology that focuses on a subset of project management and requirements management. But some organizations are finding it can be a challenge to scale Scrum to meet the complexities of their real-world environments.'' Read more at Dr. Dobb's Portal - ddj.com Continue

Added by Jørgen Larsen on April 25, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Preparing For Sprint One - Call for Patterns!

Hi Agile fellows! I've started a thread on Ward Cunningham's Wiki : http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PreparingForSprintOne I invite you to add patterns. By patterns I mean tips, tricks, techniques, checklists, or whatever helped you last time you had to set up an agile project. No idea is too big or to small, this is an open forum. The patterns will be used for the next workshop in Danish Agile User Group, which will be held August 28th at Capg… Continue

Added by Henrik Thomsen on April 24, 2008 at 11:03am — No Comments

Agility and project size are not competing entities

On the next "softwareudvikling på tværs" conference in Copenhagen, 2-3 June 2008, ( http://www.teknologisk.dk/18841) My contribution will be a discussion about agility and projects at scale. I have these questions as a starting point: > Can large and complex projects be agile? > Is RUP an agile process? > How agile can a process be? > How do you measure agility? My major points will be: The agile manifesto is valid also if communication in a project is complex, and if not all pro… Continue

Added by Henrik Sternberg on April 21, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Lift-off!

The Agile Thinkers web-site is up and running! Join the community and contribute. Continue

Added by The Agile Thinkers Team on April 18, 2008 at 11:43pm — No Comments

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