James Shore

JULY 13, 2022

Feedback and adaptation are central to Agile, and that applies to the team’s approach to Agile itself. Although you might start with an off-the-shelf Agile method, every team is expected to customize its method for itself. Aino is the author of the book Retrospective Antipatterns. About the Book Club. Reading: ??

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Agile Alliance

JUNE 21, 2021

In this article we look at how Sinek’s ideas can be applied to Agile and Scrum and look at how we, as Agile leaders, can become more inspirational. Sinek is highly visible on social media and has written five books. The post Be an Inspirational Agile Leader first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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James Shore

JUNE 22, 2022

Forecasting and roadmaps are ways to provide them with what they need, and the focus of this book club session. Todd was a founder of the Agile 20XX conference series and past member of the Board of Directors of the Agile Alliance. About the Book Club. He is currently Chairman of Kanban University. Reading: ??

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James Shore

AUGUST 25, 2022

Team dynamics form the bedrock of Agile teams’ ability to develop and deliver software. In this session, Diana Larsen and Linda Rising help us explore the dynamics that make and break Agile teams. Diana Larsen is a team dynamics expert and change guru who’s been part of the Agile community since the beginning.

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James Shore

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In its full glory, Agile is a world in which teams twirl and dance in response to changing market conditions. In the Agile Fluency Model, this is called Optimizing fluency. In this, our final book club session, Mary and Tom Poppendieck join us to discuss how to achieve it. About the Book Club.

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A great way to do so is chartering , and we were fortunate to have Diana Larsen join us for a lively discussion in this week’s book club session. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Reading: ?? Purpose. ?? Context. ?? Alignment. ??

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Martin Fowler

OCTOBER 26, 2021

James Shore has revised his book "The Art of Agile Development". I'm pleased to write a foreword for this book as it is solid guide to learning how to get past faux-agile and develop the skills you need to get the benefits of the agile way of work.

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James Shore

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This book club was about scaling agility, and we had a fantastic special guest joining us: Bas Vodde. LeSS is one of the earliest and most popular Agile scaling approaches, and my go-to recommendation for organizations looking to scale Agile. Bas and Craig’s book, Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS , is well worth reading.

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James Shore

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Each session uses an excerpt from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development , as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion about Agile ideas and practices.

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Agile Alliance

JUNE 8, 2023

RESOURCES Wild West to Agile: Adventures in software development evolution and revolution All Resources Blog Experience Reports Webcasts Videos Books Event Sessions Research Papers All ResourcesBlogExperience ReportsWebcastsVideosBooksEvent SessionsResearch Papers About this Publication Wild West to Agile is drawn from personal experience, from the (..)

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James Shore

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s the topic of this book club session. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page. which, ironically, degrades trust even further. Reading: ?? Stakeholder Trust. ??

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James Shore

JULY 27, 2022

For many people, “quality” means “testing,” but Agile teams treat quality differently. Llewellyn Falco is an Agile technical coach. Discussion prompts: The book conveniently describes four ways to prevent errors and build quality in. About the Book Club. Quality isn’t something you test for; it’s something you build in.

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DevOps.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In software development, we talk a lot about the importance of Agile and DevOps. Agile aims for rapid releases, positively encourages involvement from customers and other stakeholders and splits work into smaller iterations, releasing as soon as possible. The post Don’t Do Agile and DevOps by the Book appeared first on DevOps.com.

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James Shore

JUNE 8, 2022

His book, Kubernetes: Up & Running , was co-authored with two of the creators of Kubernetes. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page. Reading: ??

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James Shore

MAY 25, 2022

About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Each session uses an excerpt from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development , as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion about Agile ideas and practices.

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James Shore

AUGUST 17, 2022

Fluent Agile teams are very good at building quality into their code, but nobody’s perfect. Janet Gregory is co-author with Lisa Crispin on three books on Agile Testing. She consults with agile teams to help them integrate testing activities into their daily work. About the Book Club. Every team has blind spots.

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James Shore

APRIL 20, 2022

In an Agile team, on-site customers—team members with the skill to represent customer, user, and business interests—are responsible for prioritizing stories and communicating requirements. In this book club session, we examine what it takes to succeed. Discussion prompts: Agile is all about feedback and direct communication.

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James Shore

MAY 3, 2022

These are all at the heart of how teams plan their day-to-day work, and that’s what we talk about in this book club session. Discussion prompts: There are two main approaches to task planning on Agile teams: time boxes (Sprints and iterations) and continuous flow (also known as Kanban). About the Book Club. Reading: ??

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Gitte is an Agile coach, trainer, and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability, and she wrote the section on safety in the book. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Reading: ??

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James Shore

APRIL 13, 2022

Test-Driven Development is one of the few truly new Agile ideas. The book emphasizes a classicist approach to TDD, but the mockist approach introduced by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce is also popular. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Announcing The Art of Agile Development book club! Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific , I host an online discussion inspired by the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development. Each session uses a chapter from the book as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion about Agile ideas and practices.

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James Shore

JANUARY 8, 2022

Agile is all about teamwork, which makes “Whole Team” one of the most foundational practices in the book. In this book club session, we looked at what it means to have a successful Agile team. ?? Agile teams are made up of peers who self-organize around their work. About the Book Club.

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James Shore

MARCH 11, 2022

In this book club session, we explore several related concepts: customer examples, ubiquitous language, and domain modelling. The book says the value of example-based testing tools (such as Cucumber) is the conversation about customers examples rather than the tool itself. About the Book Club. Reading: ?? Customer Examples. ??

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James Shore

MAY 18, 2022

Jason Yip is a Staff Agile Coach at Spotify, and formerly a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks. He specializes in applying Agile and Lean thinking, principles, and practices to the development software, teams, and organizations. About the Book Club. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page.

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James Shore

MARCH 3, 2022

Possibly more ink has been spilled on this topic than any other aspect of Agile. We’re joined by Bill Wake, an agile coach who is known for the INVEST acronym for user stories, the Arrange-Act-Assert TDD pattern, and for articles at xp123.com. About the Book Club. User stories. Reading: ??

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Evolution4all

MARCH 15, 2023

An Agile Transformation does not need to be hard, if you know where to start and what to do you will increase your chances of success as a leader. The Agile Transformation Roadmap Do you want to do an Agile Transformation but you do not know where to start? This roadmap will help you!

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James Shore

APRIL 7, 2022

He’s best known as the author of the bestselling O‘Reilly book User Story Mapping , which describes a simple, holistic approach to using stories in Agile development without losing sight of the big picture. Jeff is deeply involved in teaching and speaking in the Agile, User Experience, and Product Management communities.

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Xebia

JULY 27, 2022

Reading these five books will give you a great start. Software Craftmanship Requires Reading the Right Books. Great, you’re reading books! To have an even more significant impact on your career as a software craftsman, you should not just read; you should read the right books. Why This Book? Key Takeaways.

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James Shore

MARCH 31, 2022

That’s the goal of zero-friction development, and the subject of this week’s book club session. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page. Reading: ?? Zero Friction. ??

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Agile Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Whether you are a CEO or a student, this book will take you from Agile delivery to team topology and product-market fit. The post Agile Product and Project Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building the Right Products Right first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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James Shore

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

For this book club session, we had a special guest: Diana Larsen! Diana Larsen is a team dynamics expert and change guru who’s been part of the Agile community since the beginning. She’s best known for coauthoring Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great with Esther Derby. About the Book Club. What was it like?

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InfoQ Culture Methods

JANUARY 7, 2021

The book The Rise of the Agile Leader by Chuck Mollor is a blueprint for leaders navigating change in the pursuit of success. By Ben Linders, Chuck Mollor.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

JULY 14, 2020

The book Agile Conversations by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick explores how productive conversations can change the way organizations develop software. By Ben Linders, Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick.

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scruminc

AUGUST 26, 2021

Book Review: Adopting Agile Across Borders. Agile adoption isn’t just about organizational transformation. That passage, from the forward of a recently published book, perfectly captures the added complexity of adopting Agile across multicultural teams and organizations. by the Scrum Inc.

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Woody Zuill is an Agile and Lean Software Development guide who has been programming computers for almost 40 years. About the Book Club. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page.

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Dzone - DevOps

JULY 31, 2021

Working on a digital product, you need to understand how to lead your technical team, delivering high value for the users, while remaining agile and ready to change direction. This unique mix of senior engineers plus agile managers doesn’t come easy or naturally for anyone.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The book Untapped Agility by Jesse Fewell explains what holds organizations back in increasing their agility. It describes barriers that may appear during an agile transformation and provides “rebound” moves for unblocking the transformation and moving forward. By Ben Linders, Jesse Fewell.

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