Agile software development
We all have different styles of doing agile coaching; and to me there it not “THE one way”. We each have to find our own. For me to be the best coach that I can be, I have to be me. I have found my way and will talk about …
As many organizations are adopting more and more agile, a key question is emerging … how sustainable is agile in our organization? When the embedded agile coaches or consultants leave, will things go back to the way they were? How long will it take before agile becomes just empty rituals …
A common failure mode for organisations attempting to adopt an Agile style of software development occurs when an attempt is made to “Scale Agile”. Suddenly, the organisation finds that there are scheduling problems between teams. Delivery team members suddenly find that they are required to serve on several teams at …
This mid80’ s declaration from the fashion industry has become synonymous with radical shifts in the norm of any field. Agile provided such a radical shift for traditional waterfall processes. Yet as Agile has matured, it is redefining itself at a pace that rivals the whims of the fashion industry.
What does an Agile Leader need to do? Why is Scrum so simple to explain but so hard to do right? Andrea Tomasini discusses this topic during the AgileAdria conference. Andrea Tomasini is the founder of agile42 GmbH and a Certified Scrum Coach. He has been working in the software …
Even in an agile world, specifications often go too far and describe solutions with too much details; all these premature decisions constraint the implementation and remove opportunities. There is a remedy: refactoring the specs, even before refactoring the code. In the TDD cycle, refactoring is the art of restructuring the …
