“'Agile' is one of the biggest buzzwords of the last decade. Agile methods often come across as rather more complicated than they really are. This book is an attempt to unravel that complexity. To simplify the concepts. This book breaks the concepts into small bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand and easy to implement and delivers the message in a friendly and conversational style. Allaboutagile.com is one of the most popular blogs about agile on the web. ”
Kelly Waters
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“"Whilst there are lots of ways you can vary the game depending on the teams you have and the learning outcomes you want, the basic flow of the game play is common to all."
Why did we make the game?
https://www.101ways.com/2018/08/16/agile-101-the-game-and-how-it-happened/
How to play the game?
https://www.101ways.com/2018/08/20/agile-101-how-to-play-the-game/”
Emma Hopkinson-Spark
Yes, I want this!In a few entries on my blog, I have referred to Velocity and only briefly explained what it is. I think it’s about time I explain properly for those not familiar with it. Velocity is terminology from the Scrum agile methodology and is basically the same concept as Earned Value in more traditional project management […]
Tell me more >One technique used by agile development teams is the idea of estimating product features using points. This has a few distinct advantages over estimating in physical units of time. 1. Estimating is very quick because it’s an intuitive estimate of a feature’s size. 2. An estimate in points indicates a feature’s size relative to another, […]
Tell me more >I recently posted an entry on my blog about how to prioritise quickly and intuitively. I presented a 2d matrix with importance (business value) on one axis and difficulty (effort/complexity/cost/risk) on the other. It’s a simplistic approach, but then that’s what I like about it. Simple beats complicated any day! And I also like the […]
Tell me more >Scrum, and other agile development methodologies, provide a framework for managing software development projects. But all too often, methodologies focus on a project environment, where the team is focused predominantly on a shared goal. Where the team is largely dedicated to the project. In reality, this is often not the case. In reality, development teams […]
Tell me more >If you’re in a situation where prioritisation is straightforward and you have a single decisive product owner, you probably need to read no further. If, however, prioritisation is difficult in your situation – maybe because you have several products or product owners with conflicting priorities, or maybe because your requirements can be complex and benefits […]
Tell me more >The beauty of NOT doing agile development… is that failure comes as a complete surprise, instead of being preceeded by months of worry! Often in traditional development projects, everything seems to be going so well, right up to 80% completion or perhaps even later. Then things start getting harder… Things start looking less and less […]
Tell me more >One of the key agile principles is about fixing timescales and varying scope. In DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Methodology) these iterations are called Timeboxes; in Scrum agile management practice they are called Sprints. For Business-As-Usual (BAU) changes to existing products, one Sprint may equal a release of the product. However for projects it’s more than […]
Tell me more >In agile development the timescale is fixed. So one thing you can be absolutely sure about, is that it’ll deliver on time! The question in agile development is the other way up – how can I be sure enough features will be delivered to achieve the objectives and realise the benefits? And the truth is, […]
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