“'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 the old days, you know those days when waterfall reigned and a certain 3-letter acronym product was widely used, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) systems were large, monolithic, document-centric, and universally hated by rank-and-file engineering staffs. Then came the Agile movement with the manifesto and it’s first principle which stated, “Individuals and Interactions over Process [...]
Tell me more >“Everyone tries to do too much: solve too many problems, build products with too many features. We say ‘no’ to almost everything. If you include every decent idea that comes along, you’ll just wind up with a half-assed version of your product. What you want to do is build half a product that kicks ass.” [...]
Tell me more >Teams new to Agile often realize that they have a lot to do before they get their new development process at full speed. Looking at this big and unknown hill in front of them, many Agile teams choose to do an Iteration Zero (or Sprint Zero) to prepare before they start delivering regular increments of [...]
Tell me more >This is essential in Scrum.Why public? Well, so everyone can see and offer feedback on what are our team's biggest impediments.Oh, and the list is prioritized. If the priorities are not obvious, then the ScrumMaster breaks ties.And the real juice is th...
Tell me more >A while back I talked to a CEO of a contract development shop. He wondered how Agile could help him with fixed price, fixed scope contracts to deliver software. Of course, the requirements that come with these contracts are never complete or completely accurate. The first thing that comes to mind is to stop making [...]
Tell me more >I was talking with a colleague the other day about troubles with scope management in an Agile project. She was lamenting problems that were arising with a particular client who was concerned about the progress of the delivery team. Since Agile teams use time boxed iterations and let scope adjust, this shouldn’t be a problem—should [...]
Tell me more >The Agile Triangle, a concept that was discussed by Jim Highsmith in his book Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, describes how teams and organizations can go beyond the traditional Iron Triangle in defining project success criteria. In the Agile Triangle, the traditional project constraints of schedule, cost, and scope are confined to one point [...]
Tell me more >Agile project management often needs more than the practices provided as standard by agile methods. Tracking project status is one area where I think that’s true. Scrum includes the concept of a Sprint Burndown Chart. For those that aren’t familiar with it, it’s a simple yet very powerful concept. Here’s how it works… At the […]
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