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Field notes on transforming organizations through Integral Agile.
Posted on: March 2, 2015
As mentioned previously, this blog series will cover the basic patterns only; advanced topics may be addressed in the future. I will cover the basics on the principles and process before discussing the team and technical practices. Lean Software Development will be covered subsequently. The following topics will be…
Posted on: February 21, 2015
by Bill Rinko Gay One of the advantages of Agile is the ability to deliver continuous improvements to your customer. If you have experience in traditional development paradigms you a release is usually a mixed bag filled with new functionality and new (and sometimes old) defects. This is frustrating for users and the…
Posted on: February 19, 2015
Pattern Name\ \ \ (with confidence level) Aliases: if any … Context in which we find the problem The context is often described via a “situation” rather than stated explicitly. Sometimes, the context is described in terms of the patterns that have already been applied. ??? Forces or trade offs behind the pattern The…
Posted on: January 28, 2015
by Bill Rinko Gay Now that your stories are chosen and the iteration has been kicked off, is there any reason not to have developers simply start in as quickly as they can on writing the code for the stories? I believe there are 3 reasons to set up a plan for delivering groups of stories to test. First, functional…
Posted on: January 13, 2015
Recently I was interviewing candidates for a couple of positions on an Agile project. As part of the recruiting process, I had to spend considerable time (aka late nights) going through dozens and dozens of resumes in order to shortlist the ones that seemed promising enough to call for a face to face interview. While…
Posted on: December 16, 2014
Patterns organize implicit knowledge about how people successfully solve recurring problems. Patterns describe solutions that have been successfully applied on numerous occasions; they are not theoretical abstractions created in ivory towers. Christopher Alexander defines a pattern as follows: “Each pattern describes…
Posted on: November 1, 2014
What makes a successful Agile team member? I’ve been asked this question numerous times by people assembling a Scrum or XP team, so I thought I would blog about it. Simply put, attitude is everything. Sure, you need to be competent at the right technical skills, but I will take 1 person with the right attitude and…
Posted on: September 6, 2014
In this series of posts, I will discuss common (and not so common) problems faced by teams and their leadership trying to adopt Agile practices. Adopting Agile is a lot harder than practicing Agile! If you have had the privilege of observing a mature Scrum team, you can see how effortlessly individuals come together…
Posted on: July 25, 2014
Thesis : agile methods can save you money. Are you getting your share? Systematic adoption of agile methods can substantially reduce your project costs; however it can be hard to get these results right away. Most new agile teams don’t see these results until the 3rd or subsequent project. That’s where we come in. We…
Posted on: June 20, 2014
The worst thing any team can do is to raise expectations through early success, but be unable to sustain the pace. This happens to many Agile teams due to some simple mistakes made in tracking Team Velocity. As a result of these painful misses, some organizations are getting a bad taste for Agile, and are once again…
