This talk summarizes the results of 4 years of industry surveys concerning the adoption and effectiveness of agile techniques. Very often the reality is significantly different than the rhetoric presented in mailing lists, in articles, and even in books. Many myths or ideas around Agile are explored, and some are proven false and some confirmed to be true based on survey results. [Watch the video][1].
[1]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/ambler-agile-by-the-numbers
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Adoption, Ambler, Books, Industry Surveys, Myths, People, Presentations, Rhetoric, Survey Results
I’ve been consumed lately thinking through the story our book is going to tell. Great stories have a beginning… something that gets the reader hooked. They have a middle where the reader gets some background and begins to develop a relationship wit…
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Adoption, Anchor Point, Big Agile, Big Picture, Book Structure, Book Writing, Brain, Climax, Few Minutes, Images, Jeff Patton, Learning Style, Manuscript, Pattern Recognition, Purposeful Approach, Relationship, Sentences, Stream Of Consciousness
For the final cross-cutting theme in “Rethinking the Agile Enterprise”… Dennis and I are going to talk about talking.In other words we are going to explore how organizations talk to each other when delivering work. We plan to integrate the idea that…
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Address, Adoption, Agile Enterprise, Backlog, Conversation, Conversations, Creative Solutions, Entire Team, product owner, Setting Goals, Sprint, Tradeoffs
A week or so ago, I did a post called Agile Adoption and Scaling Patterns. In that post, I introduce a five phase framework for bringing agile into an organization. This adoption and scaling framework is going to guide the fundamental structure of ou…
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Adoption, Book Discussion, Capability Analysis, Chapters, Conversations, Core Capabilities, Enterprise, Environmental Context, Environments, Epics, Flavors, Fundamental Structure, Invoicing, Organizational Capabilities, Premise, Several Ways, Software Testing, Stuff, Testing Software, Transition, Writing Software
A month or so ago I put together a video podcast for VersionOne on adopting agile in the enterprise. Given our discussion yesterday around the five adoption and scaling patterns… I thought the link seemed timely. You will have to register on the Vers…
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Adoption, agile adoption patterns, Enterprise, Link Team, Register Site, Versionone, Video Podcast
In the last couple of years, Agile adoption has increased quite a bit, letting a number of people experience and challenge different elements of the Agile processes. This increased exposure and usage has made some try out different solutions to different challenges than what was originally proposed by the people that came up with the Agile processes. [Learn more][1].
[1]: http://www.infoq.com/articles/current-direction-of-agile
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Adoption, Challenges, Elements, People
Over the past few months of writing Leading Agile… doing the Cutter Paper… and now preparing to write this book… we’ve talked a lot about different agile adoption and scaling patterns in the enterprise. Specifically here we’ve talked about team …
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Adoption, agile adoption patterns, Agile Project Management, Agility, Break, Clarity, Collaboration, Enterprise, Focus, Investment Decisions, Lot, Pockets, Portfolio Management, Priorities, Product Owners, Project Space, roadmap, Scrum, Space Management, Teamwork
People often ask me “how does Agile tell you to do <this and that>” and having recently presented the fundamentals of Agile to a large mix of people, the textbook answer is “well, it depends”. Folks who have little to no experience with Agile seem to be much more accepting of the fact [...]
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Adoption, agile coaching, Agile Methods, Agile Software, Attributes, Coach, Comfort Zone, culture, Desire, Developer, Frameworks, Job, Laptop, Leads, Learning Organization, Lt, Magic Formula, Self Care, Software Tool, Successful People, Textbook Answer, Time Money
There are some widely varying opinions on the validity of Scrum certification but I think, much like any education, it’s not the sole means of determining qualification for a position.
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Adoption, Coaching tips, csm, Designation, Exam Objectives, False Impression, Job, Magic Wand, Masters, Mis, Myths, Naysayers, Practical Experience, Quality Education, Scrum, Scrum Tips, Sole, Taking Steps, Team Effort, training, Validity
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice” – Geddy Lee, RushReal Option theory tells us that our choices have value. In other words… the choices we make have an economic impact. Real Options also tells us that our options expire. …
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Adoption, Alignment, Amount Of Time, Choices, Current School, Economic Impact, Educational Goals, Game, Hefty Deposit, Lee Rush, Marriage, Money, Option Theory, Personal Finances, Private School, Real Option, Real Options, Risk Taker, Uncertainty