Scrum Primer

by Dan Rawsthorne and Douglas Shimp (2010-01-21)
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Scrum is about Teams producing Results in an agile way. Scrum Teams achieve results anyway they can by using a simple set of rules to guide effort. We will describe scrum as a simple applied model so that a central understanding of scrum can be built. Other complexities of applied scrum such as scaling, distribution, etc. will be explored elsewhere.

Being Agile exercise for gaining a common team understanding and consensus

by Russell Pannone (2009-10-30)
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Simple exercise for gaining a common understanding and consensus about what it means to you, the team and the organization to be Agile.

The Challenge

The modern world of Agile systems-software product development and delivery presupposes we work faster and better, do more with less, change continuously, and invent new ways of working. The modern formula for work appears to be:

More Success + Greater Speed + Fewer Resources + Constant Uncertainty + Increased Competition + Quicker Time to Market.

Peoples beliefs, understanding and perspectives as well as their unwillingness and ability to change makes being Agile hard.

Contributing to this challenge is a proliferation of new vocabulary, new terms, old terms having new meaning, guidance, books and articles on the subject and ones interpretation of what it means to be Agile.

Goal of the exercise

Minimize frustration and waste usually associated with gaining consensus on what it means to an individual, team and organization to “be Agile”; as they work through the forming, storming, norming and performing stages of team development.

The World of Agile & Lean Product Development and Delivery with SCRUM Made Easy

by Russell Pannone (2009-10-20)
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This presentation makes understanding Agile & Lean Product Development and Delivery with SCRUM easy.

Agile/Lean Product Development and Delivery – Mastering the Art of Change

by Russell Pannone (2009-09-23)
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Mastering the “art” of agile/lean systems and software product development and delivery requires you ask yourself, “Do I really understand both the technical and non-technical imperatives associated with this undertaking”?

This article takes a look at mastering the art of agile/lean system and software product development and delivery; focusing on change.

I have failed a sprint

by Mohamed El-Deeb (2008-11-09)
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Some lessons learned from one of the tough sprints I managed

Software Test and Performance

by BZ Media (2007-06-13)
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BZ Media LLC is holding its annual Software Test and Performance conference. It will be located at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge Massachusetts from October 2nd- October 4th 2007. The event will be featuring more than 60 classes and full day tutorials. The classes will cover software test/QA and performance issues across the entire application life cycle. The event will appeal to a higher level and more diverse group of development and test/QA professionals than traditional training programs for test-team members. Speakers and exhibitors will cover topics such as Best Practices for Software Testing, Performance of Applications, Web Testing Strategies, Software Quality, Networking with Professionals and Security Flaws. Software testing experts will be teaching tutorials and technical classes using hands on information. Registration for the event can simply be done online at http://www.stpcon.com/registration.htm

Agile Development and FileMaker: Using Agile Development Methodologies in a FileMaker Environment

by Jason Mundok, IT Solutions Consulting, Inc. (2007-06-12)
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FMAgile is an Agile flavor that is being developed specifically for use in a FileMaker development environment where development teams are typically as small as one to two members and projects typically last no longer than six months. This paper first explores how IT Solutions moved from a traditional waterfall approach to adopting Agile principles and second provides an overview of the FMAgile methodology.

The Software Revolution

by Dawn Tupciauskas (2007-05-27)
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The ultimate goal for any manufacturing organization is graphic, actionable, timely information when ever and where ever it’s needed to support performance. Next generation software makes that goal attainable. The time has come to move on to a new generation of browser-based, object-oriented, modeldriven toolsets which have the flexibility and functionality needed to carry us to the next level. The ultimate goal, realtime availability of information, is now attainable.

Agile Development: Enough's enough!

by Kelly Waters (2007-04-15)
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In agile development, try to apply the 80/20 rule…

Agile Software Development Processes: A Different Approach to Software Design

by Keith, Everette R. (2002-12-01)
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This paper discusses several of the Agile Processes, the philosophy driving them and the challenges faced when implementing them. Includes good overviews of Adaptive Software Development, Crystal, Extreme Programming, and the Rational Unified Process.