Agile Zone - Software Methodologies for Development Managers

Only 4 Roles

johannes@brodwall.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:22 +0000

Many sources of stress on projects come from forgetting what our roles are. Scrum championed a simple set of roles with the development team, the Scrum Master, and the Product Owner. The first project is the people affected by agile projects who fall into any of these categories, many of which are important. The second problem comes from forgetting that the only roles with authority, the Scrum...

Git - Simple File Management

Matt.Vickery — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:22 +0000

Files can be added, committed and removed from git repositories using one or more of the following commands: Adding a file named "testFile.xml" to the index. git add testFile.xml Testing to view differences between the index and HEAD git diff --cached produces something like the following: Preview Text: Files can be added, committed...

Context Matters: Premature Optimization or Habits From Long Ago?

johannarothman — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:47:22 +0000

I’m at the Much Ado About Agile conference this week, in beautiful Vancouver. During lunch one day, one of the conference participants started talking about premature optimization of code. Preview Text: I’m at the Much Ado About Agile conference this week, in beautiful Vancouver. During lunch one day, one of the conference participants started...

Slack, the missing concept

piccoloprincipe — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:34 +0000

...that is usually absent in fast-paced environments.This article is oriented to teams with mid-level proficiency in an Agile process, like mine. Impostor syndrome at work or new possibilities to deliver value?James Shore argument (Scrum)James Shore in 'We deliver business value ' talks about aggressively reducing velocity, while lazily increasing it after large measurements. Velocity is not a...

The Stand Up Desk Rises to the Occasion

joelcochran — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:22 +0000

Like most Americans, I lead a largely sedentary lifestyle. I’ve never been particularly athletic. The closest I’ve ever been was 5 years of forced physical training courtesy of the United States Army. That experience drilled in me a particular distaste for exercise, so with the exception of some fair weather golf, I don’t get much exercise. Between my disdain for exercise and my hectic...

Let's Measure Something Meaningless

jurgenappelo — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:33:22 +0000

Imagine that the government decided an intake of 2.500 calories per day should be the maximum for each person, regardless of age, Preview Text: Measuring something meaningful is hard, so let’s measure something that is meaningless but easy. Like your hours at work! Legacy Sponsored: ...

It Takes About Two Months to Write a Technical Book

Swizec — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:46:25 +0000

A lot of people will tell you writing a book is hard. I’m here to tell you it’s not. Solving the Hamiltonian path problem is hard, writing a book just takes some hard work and a bit of dedication. It’s not hard when all it takes is plomping your arse down and refusing to get up until something happens. That’s easy. Preview Text: If you...

We're All Born to Blog

Rogier_Noort — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:43:25 +0000

So you want to blog, huh? Where do you start? Preview Text: After reading Tao of Twitter and Return on Influence written by Mark, and Stanford’s reputation, my expectations were high. Legacy Sponsored: unsponsored

How to Argue About Code

mitchp — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:39:22 +0000

How to Argue About Code from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. Preview Text: None of us would be very good developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do Things. But I've had enough silly arguments about tabs-versus-spaces to last me the rest of my life. When should we stop arguing and start writing code? Legacy ...

Absolute Estimating vs. Relative Estimating

Scrumology — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:59:22 +0000

I’ve started work on some new videos and this time it’s all about Agile Estimating, Planning and Contracts. This is the obvious next step having completed Scrum101, and I’m apply some of the lesson that I learned. I’ve recorded about an hours worth of audio and, at this moment, it feels like I’m about a third of the way through. I think I’ll have about 3 hours worth of material before...

Transform Your Agile Process with Kanban Thinking

mitchp — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:40:22 +0000

Kanban Thinking from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. Preview Text: Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and organizational structures that must all interact for projects to reach their goals. However, many organizations struggle to scale up agile approaches for...

These Moments are Precious

diaryofscrum — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:30:22 +0000

The moments when excitement builds throughout the whole team at the delight of discovery and creativity are precious. These moments feel like play rather than work and they breed openness and courage. So what conditions must exist for these moments to happen? Here’s some ideas Preview Text: The moments when excitement builds throughout the whole...

Leadership in Software Development

ZacGery — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:49:58 +0000

Leadership within the software development industry can be a tricky area. All teams require some level of leadership. Preview Text: Developers are very logical and analytical. In the world of DiSC, which is a behavior assessment tool, most programmers fall into the D (Dominance) or C (Conscientiousness) categories. Legacy ...

Stupid Questions and n00bs: 10 Intriguing Things You Should Do

mitchp — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:39:22 +0000

Stupid questions and n00bs - top ten intriguing things you need to do from Øredev Conference on Vimeo. Preview Text: It really doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in this industry or which position you hold, understanding generation n00b and the value it brings should be mandatory for you. Legacy Sponsored: ...

Certified Agile: The PMI-ACP Exam

jim.bird — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:59:22 +0000

I sat for the Project Management Institute’s Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam earlier this week. The PMI-ACP tests your understanding of common Agile development methods, values and practices. It focuses on basic Agile principles, and on Scrum and XP in detail, as well as fundamentals of Lean and Kanban. Preview Text: Experience and...