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Identifying and Improving Bad User Stories[article] A written user story is a very short narrative—a sentence or two—describing some small piece of functionality that has business value. User stories are intended to foster collaboration and communication, but writing these short narratives poorly can negate agile’s flexibility. Charles Suscheck and Andrew Fuqua explain some common failure patterns that will help you focus on the right role, value, and business functionality when writing stories. |
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Collaborating with ALM and Agile: An Interview with Karthik Ravindran[interview]
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Karthik Ravindran, Microsoft Senior Director - Visual Studio Product Management, discusses the evolution of ALM and agile and how each can reach its full potential when they are working together in an organization. This interview gives teams the information they need to help them take testing and development to the next level. |
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Kanban's Visual Efficiency: An Interview with Derk-Jan de Grood[interview] Derk-Jan de Grood explains how those who have yet to embrace Kanban can experience the efficiency and communication-building that the practice brings to development teams of all sizes. After defining what "efficiency" means to him, Derk-Jan goes on to explain why he's the fan of Kanban that he is. |
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Traceability's Priceless Role in Agile: An Interview with William Gens[interview] William Gens sits down with Noel Wurst to describe "the art and science of traceability" ahead of his STAREAST session of the same name. Learn what makes traceability meaningful and such a valuable asset to projects, no matter how bad the requirements may seem to be. |
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The 2013 Software Development Lab: An Interview with Johanna Rothman[interview]
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Johanna Rothman details the upcoming "Software Manager's Lab" being held at the 2013 Agile Development Conference West in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, June 5th. Communication skills will be focused on along with a peer-to-peer feedback model that can be used between all employee levels. |
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Top Twelve Myths of Agile Development[article] When it comes to agile development, Allan Kelly has noticed a lot of misinformation is being passed off as fact. In this article, Allan takes a closer look at twelve of the most common agile myths he has encountered while training new agile teams. |
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Taking a Holistic View of Collaboration: An Interview with Bob Hartman[interview] Bob Hartman uses more than three decades of experience in software, working in nearly every position imaginable, to express the need for team members to value all coworkers equally. In this quick interview, Bob explains his "holistic" approach to accomplishing effective and enjoyable collaboration. |
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Expanding Agile with Kanban, Lean, and Quality Code: An Interview with Alan Shalloway[interview]
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Alan Shalloway has a wealth of knowledge on all things agile, and in this interview, he helps us better understand a handful of practices that help agile succeed on projects big and small. Alan goes into the importance of design patterns and quality code, and then attempts to "demystify kanban." |
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Making Governance Work on Agile Teams: An Interview with Scott Ambler[interview]
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Dr. Dobbs senior contributing editor Scott Ambler sits down with Noel Wurst at Techwell.com to discuss how agile team governance does not have to have a negative stigma. Scott helps people see through naive assumptions, while eliminating out of control governance to get teams back on track. |
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Book Review: The Human Side of Agile[article] Being agile is difficult. Not only are there technical and organizational challenges, but the very nature of the way agile methods work brings the assumptions, context, and fears of team members to the foreground. These people issues are explored in Gil Broza’s book, The Human Side of Agile. |
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JavaScript for Test-Driven Development: An Interview with Rob Myers[interview]
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Agile Institute founder Rob Myers sits down with Noel Wurst to discuss why he believes, and hopes, that JavaScript will be the language of choice for enterprise development. Rob shares with us why opinions on JavaScript have change, and why the language is a great fit for agile development. |
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A Product Owner’s First Glimpse of Agile[article] Kent McDonald introduces us to Arthur, a middle manager and product owner in a medium-sized insurance company who has been assigned to take on an agile project. For those unfamiliar with agile, the terminology and techniques of agile approaches can seem strange and often a little silly when not accompanied with an explanation as to why those techniques exist. Kent explains the challenges product owners like Arthur face and how to make product owners understand agile better. |
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Take A Hike: Death March Projects And The Ice Age Wilderness Trail[article] Dave and his friend Bob hiked Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail and returned home with more than just sore legs and hiking experience. Learn some of the project management tips Dave picked up while adventuring in the wilderness. |
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Software Testing Is a Game[article] Skilled testing—an important part of creating valuable technology—is under attack. We need to rethink the problem, analyze why people resist testing, and create approaches to make it more engaging. Gamification provides one model to help us improve our approach. |
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Six Steps for Implementing Agile across the Organization[article] After facing difficulties attempting to transform a group of twelve skilled people into a self-organized agile team, Ove Holmberg learned some valuable lessons on what it takes to implement agile within an organization. In this article, Ove presents six steps for a successful agile implementation. |
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