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Scrum on Demand – Getting Started with Scrum

* How do I convince the team to use Scrum?
* How long should our sprints be?
* How should we handle bugs?
* What if our estimates are not accurate?
* How do we handle items with dependencies across sprints?
* What tool should we use to track everything?
* How do I get my team trained on Scrum?

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The Epic Board – Get with the Programme!

Aside from being the high point of a visit by a number of McKinsey Management Consultants (who apparently stopped to take pictures – no joke), the Epic Board also got the nod of approval from Howard Averill, CFO of Time Inc.

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The Rise and Rise of Pointless Project Planning…!

Question: Why do people waste their time building project plans around totally unrealistic assumptions?

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Using ‘Spikes’ in Agile Software Development

‘Spikes’ are time boxed periods of research and development used in Agile Software Development environments to research a concept and/or create a simple prototype.

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Check out the NEW Agile101 iPhone site!

I’m pleased to announce the Agile101 iPhone site is now live!

This means you can browse all of the latest Agile Project Management articles, tips, videos and reviews whilst on-the-go.

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Top 10 Tips for Agile Software Development Testing!

I just stumbled upon a great blog post by Ray Claridge (www.testertroubles.com) – Golden Rules for Software Testing.

Here’s a summary…

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The Difference Between Waterfall, Iterative Waterfall, Scrum and Lean Software Development (In Pictures!)

Here’s a VERY simple overview of the main differences between Waterfall Development, Iterative Waterfall Development, Scrum/Agile Development and Lean.

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Agile Project Management – Self-Organisation: The Secret Sauce for Improving your Scrum Team

A ‘must watch’ Google Tech Talk by Jeff Sutherland, one of the founders of Scrum, about the ‘secret’ ways to achieve ‘hyper-productivity’ in an Agile Project Mangement environment.

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So, You Want to be a Software Programming Rock Star?

A great Google Tech Talk by Joshua Kerievsky, where he discusses some of the challenges faced by programmers, common gotchas and how Industrial Logic can help you improve your Programming Skills.

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What does ‘Done’ mean in Agile Software Development?

In Agile Software Development environments, we aim to deliver ‘[potentially] shippable code’ at the end of each iteration.

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