A Creative Approach to Agile Software Development
Have you ever wondered what it takes to create innovative, cutting edge software that gives your company a competitive advantage?
In this short video Mark Levinson — the ‘Neuro Agilist’ — shares an original and very interesting approach to agile software development.
Breaking Down Barriers to Agile Transition…
Anyone who has tried to introduce agile into an organisation – or has been involved in agile transition – will know that going ‘agile’ is not easy; in fact, it can be really hard.
In this short video, international Agile coach Gil Broza provides some tips on how to deal with the ‘people’ (management and team) side of agile transition.
History In The Making – Jon Kern’s Original Agile Manifesto Notes
I just came across a very cool historical agile artefact.
It’s Jon Kern’s original Agile Manifesto notes from the 2001 meeting in Snowbird, Utah – and they are available for you to download from here
The Problem With Scrum Masters
For a while now something has been bugging me…
Something to do with Scrum…
The “Scrum Master” role to be exact.
But the problem I have is not with the role itself – having fulfilled it myself, I understand it’s intended value to the scrum process.
My problem is with the title.
And here’s why…
Although the word ‘master’ in Scrum Master is intended to convey expertise in/authority over the scrum process, the word also has a relative meaning that implies the existence of a subordinate.
And that (in my opinion) is where the danger lies.
Because as you already know, where there is ambiguity, there is also room for misunderstanding.
An Introduction to Agile Software Development
There’s no doubt that Agile software development is becoming more widespread by the day. Facebook, Apple, Mircosoft, Google and NASA are all doing it. In fact, so is any company wanting to do well in today’s world of rapid change and continuing aggressive competition.
However, as many companies have found at great expense, ‘going Agile’ is not easy. And there are a number of reasons why.
In this short video, you’ll learn what is Agile software development (without the jargon) and how it can benefit you.
