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AoAD2 Chapter: Teamwork (Introduction)

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. 1 When the Agile Manifesto was written, people thought about software development in terms of projects. Today, the Agile community prefers to focus on products or capabilities instead. The Agile Manifesto.

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Transforming to an Agile Mindset, Part Two

Accenture

Recently I was conducting a Design Thinking and Agile Learning workshop with a group of seasoned consultants. What Makes Up the Agile Mindset? For Agile I refer to the Five Scrum Values. For Agile principles, we usually refer to the Four Agile Manifesto statements, or the Twelve Agile Software Principles behind them.

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Transforming to an Agile Mindset, Part 2

Accenture

Recently I was conducting a Design Thinking and Agile Learning workshop with a group of seasoned consultants. What Makes Up the Agile Mindset? For Agile I refer to the Five Scrum Values. For Agile principles, we usually refer to the Four Agile Manifesto statements, or the Twelve Agile Software Principles behind them.

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Communities of Practice Tools that Your Team Will Love

Evolution4all

2002) enumerated seven processes that can sustain and cultivate a CoP. There are thousands of available tools and techniques that CoPs can use to sustain engagement, improve knowledge transfer and open communication lines among members. Wenger et al. These are as follows: Designing for evolution. Furthermore, Boulos et al.

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Delivering Continuous Value: Lessons Learned About Software Delivery In Our First 20 Years

Gorilla Logic

Twenty years ago in 2002, the Euro became legal tender. What We’ve Learned About Agile. We eat, sleep, and breathe Agile because we know from experience that it increases quality, reduces rework, speeds delivery, and enables teams to deliver continuous value to the business. Pedro Araya, Agile Practice Lead. “As

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AoAD2 Practice: Energized Work

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Tom DeMarco calls extended overtime “an important productivity-reduction technique,” leading to reduce quality, personnel burnout, increased turnover of staff, and ineffective use of time during normal hours [DeMarco 2002] (p.

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32 Best Jira Alternatives For Agile Project Management Teams In 2020 [Free & Paid]

Codegiant

It’s an agile project management tool (from 2002) built for software developers and owned by Atlassian. With Jira Software, you’ll have extra agile flexibility which enables you to fully plan your projects from project backlog to sprint. Jira’s agile UI can also be a bit cumbersome. Dusan, Co-founder of DealsOnHealth. “