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Mastering the Art of Agile Change Agile/Lean Product Development and Delivery: Mastering the Art of Change

The modern world of systems/software product development and delivery presupposes we work faster and better, do more with less, change continuously, and invent new ways of working. The modern formula for work appears to be: More Success + Greater Speed + Fewer Resources + Constant Uncertainty + Increased Competition + Quicker Time to Market. Mastering the art of agile/lean systems and software product development and delivery requires you ask yourself, "Do I really understand both the technical and non-technical imperatives associated with this undertaking?" This article takes a look at mastering the art of agile/lean system and software product development and delivery; focusing on change.

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Project Time Reporting

Project time reporting evokes a passionate response from most team members-- the consensus is they hate it. While Payson Hall worries about supporting something so unpopular, he offers benefits of project time reporting and explores some of the common implementation issues that undermine its value.

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Jim Miller - The Product Owner Role and Business Alignment
Podcast

Jim Miller - The Product Owner Role and Business Alignment

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Can Lean Six Sigma Enable Software Process Excellence?

While Lean Software Development principles aim to uncover and reduce waste, Six Sigma places primary importance on customers, business results, and statistical analysis of processes. Lean also aims to make discoveries about where to target improvements compared with Six Sigma, which measures the results of process changes. By implementing both methodologies—Six Sigma and Lean Software Development—together, you can take advantage of the best in both models.

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Rocks into Gold: Part 2

This short book, written by Clarke Ching, is a "biztech" parable for software developers who want to survive—and then thrive—through a credit crunch. We have republished the book in a four-part series. In part two, Bob, Bill, and Sam discover how a rocky economy can flip project costs and return on investments and how much money could be lost by canning the FBU project. Can they use these projections to save the project and their jobs?

Clarke Ching's picture Clarke Ching
A Manager's Role in Agile Development: The Light Bulb Moment
Video

Michele Sliger shares stories about how agile adoption has affected people like you and how it has changed individuals—their perceptions of agile, their leadership styles, and even their personal lives.

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The Cost of Coexistence

Some organizations want to make the transition to agile, but aren't ready to trade in their old ways overnight. They'd rather spend some time getting to know agile—letting it coexist alongside already established, traditional methodologies. In this article, Michele Sliger and George Schlitz explain that such coexistence is possible, but that there is a cost of coexistence of which all organizations should be aware.

Dissecting the Product Owner Role

Like "coach" and "ScrumMaster," "product owner" is a new term for a new role. While coach and ScrumMaster are completely new roles added by agile methods, the product owner is an extension of an existing role—or rather, it is an extension to two existing roles. Whatever the role is called, it is concerned with deciding what should be in the next iteration, prioritizing work, providing guidance on what is being built, and ensuring value is created.

Allan Kelly's picture Allan Kelly
Pair Programming - Is it just pushing up developer rates and doubling demand?

Is it just pushing up developer rates and doubling demand?

The cynic in me applauds the genius of the global developer community for inventing a way of working that requires twice the number of people to do the same amount of work – Pair Programming. Doubling demand on XP projects means more work for developers and reduces the pool available for traditional projects – rates go up and more jobs are secured. Is this the same genius as those 70’s marketing execs that added “step 3 - repeat” to double shampoo consumption and therefore sales overnight or are there genuine productivity gains to be had for consultancies and customers? I said I was being cynical, but there is some truth in this and it is a view held by some of those that pay the bills, customers.

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Mining Scrum: Modeling the Earth One Iteration at a Time

Scrum Tapped for Mining Industry

Mankind has, and always will try to understand its environment. In the last century, radar technology has allowed individuals to track vehicles, ships, planes, and even space shuttles and stars. With advances in sonar, people now have the ability to imagine a journey to space, or explore the mysteries of the sea. With the right scientific equipment, scientists can even witness new life and see it evolve. In the mining industry, the ability to identify and assess the world of solids is paramount.

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