Agile Journal has published an article of mine called, “Determining How Agile You Are Comparatively.” It is about the Comparative Agility project. If you haven’t looked at this before, please do. It’s an effort to collect data on how agile various companies are so that they can compare themselves (anonymously).
The Agile Journal article includes a [...]
It seems like time for a new contest with the winner getting a free copy of Succeeding with Agile, my new book.
In Succeeding with Agile, I describe a waterfallacy as “a mistaken belief or idea about agile or Scrum created from working too long on waterfall projects.” And I give some examples, including these:
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Teams that have relied mostly or entirely on manual testing prior to adopting Scrum can follow a three-step process to extricate themselves from the technical debt.
An effective test automation strategy calls for automating tests at three different levels.
People resist changing to Scrum for many different reasons and in several different ways. Understanding the hows and whys of resistance can help leaders confront it.
By properly setting expectations you can avoid the problem of having an otherwise successful transition or project sunk by unrealistic expectations.
The effort of adopting Scrum is best managed using Scrum itself. With its iterative nature, fixed timeboxes, and emphasis on teamwork and action, it seems best suited to manage the enormous project of becoming and then growing agile with Scrum.
Selecting the right project as a pilot can be challenging. The ideal pilot project sits at the confluence of project size, project duration, project importance, and the engagement of the business sponsor.
Transitioning to an agile process like Scrum or Extreme Programming is a continuous effort. There is no pre-definable end state.
Chapter 1 of Succeeding with Agile summarizes of the published research on the benefits of adopting an agile process. I created a presentation based on that research.
The presentation is available in Keynote and PowerPoint format and is released under a Creative Commons license with the hope that others will use and extend it.