The Agile Job Seeker
How do you approach a job search with an Agile mind? In this article Mark Haynes discusses how to plan your quest for a new job using the Scrum framework and concepts like sprints or user stories..
Knowledge
Articles, Blog Posts, Books and Quotes on Agile Project Management
Be Strongly Agile: Show Your Weaknesses
I am frequently amused when the same people who believe that it is not possible to get the requirements for a product correct up front, and therefore want to use Scrum for development, will in the next breath explain how they aren’t quite ready to start using Scrum because they haven’t worked out all of the details of their Scrum approach! This type of thinking is poorly aligned with fundamental Scrum principles.
Building the Right Product vs Building the Product Right
In his book “Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software”, Gojko Adzic had some interesting quotes about building the right product.
The Eleventh Commandment of Software Development
During my software development career, I have seen a good deal of software development approaches or methodologies used in different organizations. When a new and supposedly better approach is promoted, some people tend to adopt it with an attitude that could sometimes be close to a religious zeal.
Sacred Agile: Religious Approaches to Software Development
You know that when you deal with this type of topic, you are writing about a touchy subject. When I write that Agile has sometimes been sacralized, my aim is not to hurt any religious or philosophical belief, but rather to see how men behave when adopting new ideas.
How Software Testing Supports Better Performance
Have you ever asked yourself why some apps, websites, and software tools feel smooth, fast, and easy to use from the first click? The answer often comes back to software testing. It plays a quiet but very useful role in making software work in a clean, stable, and comfortable way.
How Software Quality Assurance Supports Long-Term Product Success
Have you ever used an app or website and felt happy because everything worked in a smooth and simple way? That good feeling does not happen by chance. Behind that easy experience, there is usually a strong quality process.