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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

5 Patterns for agile leadership (Summary)

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Being an agile leader is a difficult task: Your job is not to tell others what to do, but to enable them to do the right thing. But that may...

Guide: Agile Leadership (5) - Capture hearts, don't break them

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The fifth and concluding part in this agile leadership series is the question: "What can I do to engage my employees?" The answer ...

Guide: Agile Leadership (4) - Support, don't impede

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The fourth part in this agile leadership series is the question: "What can I do to increase the effectiveness in my company?" The ...

Guide: Agile Leadership (3) - Clarify goals, don't confuse

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The second part in this agile leadership series is the question: "How can I direct my employees in the right direction?" A seeming...

Guide: Agile Leadership (2) - Focus on outcomes, not status

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The second part in this agile leadership series is the question: "How can I make my employees more productive?" The answer is simp...

Guide: Agile Leadership (1) - Grow, don't exploit

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The first part in this agile leadership series is the question: "How do I get the most out of my employees?" The answer is simple:...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Guide: Approaching test coverage for Legacy Code

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A standard question in teams just transitioning to agile software development is: "How can we be agile when our Legacy product has (clo...

What does the Test Pyramid mean?

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Have you seen the "Test Pyramid" yet? There are dozens of versions going around in the Internet, most look somewhat like these two...

The Discovery Questions in agile development

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For teams just transitioning to agility, the question arises: "How do we test in an agile team? Which test types do we need?" The...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Definition of Not Done

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The Scrum guide states, "When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as “Done”, everyone must understand what “Done” means...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Scrum - Are you selling Snake Oil or the Real Deal?

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Scrum is a highly effective methodology for Software Development Project Management. Companies transitioning to Scrum have witnessed massiv...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Understanding "Definitions of ..."

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The Scrum guide advises having a Working for a Definition of Done. It also hints that a Definition of Ready might be useful. New teams occas...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Three types of Customers

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As a Product Owner and/or member of an agile team, you might be challenged with the concept of "customer value". Some people consi...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Story slicing 101

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A repeating theme in agile transformations is: "Our stories are too large, and we can only deliver all or nothing - we have no idea how...
Monday, May 9, 2016

Setting up an initial Product Backlog

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Companies just start on their Agile journey, starting on a pilot project, typically are stuck with an un-answered question: "How do we ...