Agile
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The Purpose of Documentation
When it comes to documentation the Agile Manifesto says: We have come to value working software over comprehensive documentation And…
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Commitment considered harmful
Some Agile evangelists are very keen on the idea of “Commitment.” i.e. the development team “commit” to doing an amount…
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Agile Development leads to Alzheimer’s
Iterative development and design helps you to reach your way towards understanding what the customer really needs, to try out…
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Is Agile Really Cheaper?
There are several ways to answer the question “is agile cheaper than waterfall?” Here are two of my favorites: “It…
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Three backlogs?
Now I know some people dislike backlogs – queues, wait states, work we want done – and I buy the…
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A role for project managers and business analysts in Agile?
I was in Krakow last week at the PAM Summit of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and International Institute of…
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Acceptance Criteria Should be Executable
Having covered the debacle at Backwater Bank inc, you would have thought that my last blog had said just about…
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5 Common User Story Mistakes
User stories are a simple, yet effective way to communicate how a user or customer employs a product. But writing…
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So, what’s in a story?
I don’t know about you, but I always feel a little nervous when it comes to writing Agile stories. I…
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