...as many moving parts as most depictions of waterfall software development. Scaled Agile violates the first principle of Agile — it emphasizes processes and tools over individuals and interactions. It...…
...recognized, and it’s one reason to approach Scaled Agile cautiously: Agile is a deeply entrepreneurial way of doing things. Scaled Agile is not. Most forms of Agile are built around...…
...In 2001, via the Agile Manifesto, we rediscovered the value of frequent informal conversations, only now, in self-defense, we call it a methodology: Agile. It’s actually a family of methodologies,...…
...Agile characteristic #1: Feedback loops need to be much quicker than the speed with which the business environment changes. Agile characteristic #2 is a superset of AC#1: Fast decision-making. Yes,...…
...isn’t Scrum: It’s a squares and rectangles thing. All Scrum is Agile; not all Agile is Scrum. Scrum, the most structured Agile variant, is especially popular among IT folk who,...…
...change this? The answer: Agile doesn’t. There are, however, IT shops that think “Agile” means “Free-for-all,” and free-for-all development does change everyone’s thought process about SQA … namely, it eliminates...…
As everyone knows, when compared to waterfall application development, Agile speeds things up, and DevOps speeds them up even more. There’s just one little gap in what everyone knows: exactly...…
Businesses that adopt Agile often miss out. Don’t misunderstand. I’m all in favor of Agile development, although I’m less than sanguine about its ongoing evolution from simplicity and charm to...…
Is Agile agile enough? I’ve been an Agile proponent since before we knew to call it Agile (although curiously, I don’t seem to have written much about it over the...…
Why have Agile methodologies (including DevOps, which adds agile deployment to Agile development) made such inroads in IT? Why is OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) so important for business strategists?...…
