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Agile Cross-Functional Team (XFT) End-to-End Competence Development

This article takes a look at XFT and end-to-end competence development in great detail. Come check it out!

Updated January 17, 2017

by Zakaria Khan

· 10,159 Views · 9 Likes

Agile methodology implies an iterative and incremental method of management. Agile project management produces higher product quality, reduced risks, and more.

January 16, 2017

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 17,662 Views · 10 Likes

3 Ways to Improve a Scaled Sprint Review

How should you organize a Sprint Review with an increasing amount of teams and stakeholders and preserve a valuable outcome?

January 11, 2017

by Barry Overeem

· 3,209 Views · 1 Like

Agile Metrics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization.

January 5, 2017

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 24,774 Views · 14 Likes

Test Automation Best Practices

Test automation is the most efficient and effective means of test execution. Best practices coupled with automated testing creates an essential component for successful deployment.

December 14, 2016

by Sanjay Zalavadia

· 17,898 Views · 12 Likes

Who Owns Quality in Agile?

Extrinsic quality is the most important measure of quality. Scrum teams need to balance long-term performance and stability with short-term goals for delivery and value.

December 13, 2016

by Dan Tousignant

· 46,308 Views · 10 Likes

Technical Spikes in DevOps

The true technical spike is a last resort and happens as infrequently as possible. It is a refinement activity that allows the backlog to be understood for future planning.

December 12, 2016

by $$anonymous$$

· 13,344 Views · 1 Like

Antipattern of the Month: Cherry Picking

The best DevOps teams exhibit a high level of cross-skilling, and cherry-picking often occurs in teams in which the members are not cross-trained. Read on to learn more.

December 7, 2016

by $$anonymous$$

· 9,621 Views · 4 Likes

An Introduction to JBehave and BDD

Want to avoid a glassy-eyed stare you get when trying to explain your code to stakeholders? Check out how JBehave and behavior-driven development can help.

December 7, 2016

by Arun Pandey

CORE

· 55,407 Views · 14 Likes

Review: ''Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories''

''Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories'' by Gojko Adzic and David Evans provides solutions to many issues involving Agile projects. Victor Chircu reviews here.

November 4, 2016

by Victor Chircu

· 6,625 Views · 5 Likes

Role Playing in Agile

According to Gil Zilberfeld, we need to downplay our role obsession and instead focus on building all the needed skills in the team.

October 31, 2016

by Gil Zilberfeld

· 5,584 Views · 2 Likes

The Liskov Substitution Principle (With Examples)

Take a look at this breakdown of the Liskov Substitution Principle and how following it ensures clean code that interacts well with itself.

October 17, 2016

by Ajitesh Kumar

· 138,120 Views · 37 Likes

The Modern Software Factory Series, Part I: Overview and Process

This series is about telling the story of Agile objectively and not emphasizing vendor solutions, process frameworks, and implementation best practices.

October 5, 2016

by Patrick Gryzan

· 16,650 Views · 7 Likes

7 Common Misconceptions About Agile

Vikash Kumar provides a brief explanation of Agile practices and philosophies and discusses seven common misconceptions about Agile.

October 5, 2016

by Vikash Kumar

· 11,896 Views · 3 Likes

6 Challenges in Applying Scrum and How to Overcome Them

Scrum is lightweight and simple in its setting. However, mastering it is not so simple and it will certainly take time and effort.

September 29, 2016

by Lana Pavkovic

· 64,100 Views · 4 Likes

Continuous (Pre) Planning in Agile

If you're doing Agile sprints and discovering that there are too many unknowns in your planning, perhaps you need to look at a pre-planning phase for your features.

September 21, 2016

by Eyal Golan

· 4,592 Views · 2 Likes

10 Proven Stakeholder Communication Tactics During an Agile Transition

Your stakeholders should know what's going on during an Agile transition. There are ten ways that you can improve or implement stakeholder communication to keep them in the loop.

August 1, 2016

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 9,011 Views · 4 Likes