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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

Hi, I’m your Scrum Master,” she says. Until then, development on an Agile team looks similar to development on any other team. Test Driven Development. They use test-driven development to write tests, implement code, refactor, and incrementally design and architect the software.

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

Another popular approach is the facilitator-coach , often called a Scrum Master , 3 who leads from the sidelines by facilitating conversations and resolving organizational roadblocks. 3 The name “Scrum Master” originated in the popular “Scrum” method. 4 If you make the investments in this chapter, that is.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

LeanEssays

Lean is about Flow Efficiency The book This is Lean (Modig and Ahlström, 2013) describes “lean” as a relentless focus on efficiency – but not the kind of efficiency that cuts staff and money, nor the kind of efficiency that strives to keep every resource busy all of the time. Put the tests into a test harness for ongoing code verification.