10 pages tagged with "agile"

Dozens of documents and spreadsheets, meetings over meetings, and yet without much impact, result in team misalignments—realized too late.

How we manage an organization defines its quality. Excellent management is crucial to avoid the Waterfall trap if we aim to build an Agile environment. But why would we want that? What’s wrong with the way we already work?

Dozens of documents and spreadsheets, meetings over meetings, and yet without much impact, result in team misalignments—realized too late. How we manage an organization defines its quality. Excellent management is crucial to avoid the Waterfall trap if we aim to build an Agile environment. But why …

A basic and straightforward overview of what Agile is, presenting some framework examples that are well known today, such as Scrum or Kanban—everything condensed in a 100’s pages book that you can read in a couple of hours. Chapters The fluid manifesto Being agile Agile process Planning for succe…

This will be controversial, but let’s talk about the QA position. The hidden truth behind the lack of software quality and why this should concern you if you write software.

This will be controversial, but let’s talk about the QA position. The hidden truth behind the lack of software quality and why this should concern you if you write software. QA is a role, not a position As a software developer, when you write software, you are responsible for the quality of whateve…

Accelerate explores how software development teams using Lean Software and DevOps can measure their performance and the performance of software engineering teams impacts the overall performance of an organization. Note: DevOps is about integrating and automating software development (Dev) and IT …

My interview with devm.io regarding Agile and Extreme Programming.

My interview with devm.io regarding Agile and Extreme Programming. devm.io: We talked to Chema, a software developer and an Extreme Programming expert, about his favourite topic and his upcoming live event Update Your Team To Be More Extreme. Could you tell us a little about yourself, who you are…

Talking to a friend about agile, he asked me a fascinating question remarking how badly sometimes Agile and Scrum fit together, especially regarding meetings. These are my thoughts about this topic.

Talking to a friend about agile, he asked me a fascinating question remarking how badly sometimes Agile and Scrum fit together, especially regarding meetings. These are my thoughts about this topic. TL;DR: People become slaves to systems that are supposed to help. Boring meetings are killing agil…

Let’s assume you already know what the agile manifesto is. Let’s consider that you apply most of the “extreme programming” values, principles, and practices. How can you work with other teams that aren’t agile?

Let’s assume you already know what the agile manifesto is. Let’s consider that you apply most of the “extreme programming” values, principles, and practices. How can you work with other teams that aren’t agile? Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehen…

I really enjoy the ideas and experiments presented in the book. It points out a lot of “big elephants in many rooms” for a lot of teams claiming to do Scrum or Agile in a really questionable way, aka: Zombie Scrum. Summary Zombie Scrum Survival Guide reveals why Scrum runs aground and shows how to…

Coverage includes Understanding the product owner’s role Envisioning the product Grooming the product backlog Planning the release Collaborating in sprint meetings Transitioning into product ownership

Clean Agile comes from Uncle Bob, one of the founding fathers of Agile, one of the seventeen people who authored the Agile Manifesto back in 2001. This talk is about Agile. What it was, what it is, and what it will be. This is a back-to-basics talk that covers the history of Agile, what motivated…