Report on the Agile Tour in Geneva
Published November 4th, 2009 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
I participated on October 12 to the Geneva stage of the Agile Tour which was a great success. There were more than 100 participants announced to this free event. Here is a small feedback for three interesting presentations that I attended. Read more
Linkopedia October 2009
Published October 14th, 2009 Under Links | Leave a Comment
Top 10 reasons why teams fail with Acceptance Testing
Software quality metrics and model
Comparing Open Source Agile Project Management Tools
Icon Search Engine
Refractor – Diagrammer for .Net Assemblies, also support for Javascript.
KanbanFX – A JavaFX implementation of a Kanban board
Article: The Clojure programming language
Article: Scrum in old fashioned software environments?
Video: The Myth of the Genius Programmer
Video: What are the Roles In Scrum
Video: Top 10 Things in Ruby that Every .NET Developer Needs to Know
Find more interesting links on the software development links directory, the software development tools directory, the software development articles directory, the software development blogs aggregator or the software development videos directory.
Looking for Agile Blogs
Published March 9th, 2009 Under News | Leave a Comment
I have recently created a new web site AgileVoices.com that aggregates for RSS feeds concerning agile software development. If you know about a good blog feed that is missing from the current roster, I would be please to add it. Thanks for your cooperation.
Thinking Tools for Scaling Lean and Agile
Published February 25th, 2009 Under Books | Leave a Comment
This book from Craig Larman and Bas Vodde is a classic example of the fact that it is better to teach somebody to fish than to give him fish. It emphasizes that it is important to “be agile” more than to “do agile”. Approaches like Scrum or Lean are more frameworks to think about continuous improvement than tools that should be applied blindly like cooking recipes. The book will therefore tell you that “large-scale Scrum is Scrum” or that lean is not just kanban or waste reduction. The first part of the book is focused on thinking tools (systems thinking, lean thinking, queueing theory) that are presented with software project management related examples. Those who are looking for practical advice should not believe that the book remains only at the conceptual level. The authors distill many “try…” and “avoid…” recommendations that will help you implement agile and lean ideas in your organization. The second part of the book is devoted to organizational tools and the final chapter proposes frameworks to adapt Scrum to larger contexts.
This book is a must for those who believe that software development project management goes beyond the simple application of “silver bullet” recipes. It is a rich source of both thinking and practical content that is well suited for non-linear reading. A very good “Scrum primer” chapter at the end of the book will provide an introduction for those who are not familiar with this approach and a large number of “recommended readings” items will allow readers to explore more in details each concept.
Get more details on this book or buy it on amazon.com
Get more details on this book or buy it on amazon.co.uk
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