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Steven van Dijk

Agile is Not for Everyone - 0 views

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    "Some people claim agile has "crossed the chasm." Certainly, many people are aware of agile. Many people understand that a cross-functional team works in increments, delivering features asking for feedback. That's at the team level. So when I say 'Agile is Not for Everyone' what do I mean? The problem is agile is not just for teams. "
Steven van Dijk

Scrum's Product Backlog - Agile Requirements Management - 0 views

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    "As soon as you have more than a trivial set of tasks you'll need a better system than a simple list and for agile teams, we have Scrum's product backlog."
Steven van Dijk

(PluralSight course) Agile Team Practices with Scrum - 0 views

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    "Agile software development with a focus on effective Scrum and proven team practices."
Steven van Dijk

(PluralSight course) Agile Estimation - 0 views

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    "A look at how to implement estimation in an Agile environment"
remonkoopmans

Bruce Feiler: Agile programming -- for your family - YouTube - 0 views

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    A great TED talk about applying Agile principle outside the workplace.
Tjaard De Vries

How to sell your Agile approach to a customer: Focus on change - 0 views

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    I was pondering over the thought: agile is nice and all, but how can we sell it to customers that have a more traditional way of thinking about projects? This blog article gives some good food for thought on these matters.
Tjaard De Vries

Agile Evolution Towards The Continuous Improvement of Legacy Software - 1 views

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    An interesting read: legacy software is there and an important part of our lives, but maintaining it may pose a challenge. The author argues that agile methods may even be more beneficial to teams maintaining legacy code than to teams that build brand new products from scratch.
Steven van Dijk

Why People Don't Instantly Buy Into Agile Methods: A Catch-22 - 0 views

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    "[..] we're surprised that people don't generally feel motivated to improve quality because we vastly underrate the value of the familiar."
Steven van Dijk

TDD: Is There Really Any Debate Any Longer? - 0 views

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    "[..] the reason I have done all this work is my very strong belief that TDD as a practice has a large amount of value well beyond what most people understand. In fact, I believe that of all the practices made popular by the agile movement, TDD is the most beneficial practice overall. Here are eight reasons why I believe that TDD should be beyond debate."
Steven van Dijk

(video) Making Agile Estimation Work - 0 views

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    TechEd Europe 2012: maybe not the most professional of talks, but it gets the point across of how to do estimation and project management using Scrum.
Steven van Dijk

From Scrum to Lean - 0 views

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    "While Scrum's primary goal is organization and project management, Lean is more about optimizing processes in order to quickly produce quality products. It can be your first step toward adopting Agile principles, or it may be something that your team evolves to, when Scrum isn't enough. I invite you to read my team's story, and how we evolved from Scrum to a more Lean-ish development process."
Steven van Dijk

Estimation is Evil - 0 views

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    "Overcoming the Estimation Obsession"
Steven van Dijk

Scrum in 5 Minutes - 0 views

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    The goal of this blog entry is to explain the basic concepts of Scrum in less than five minutes. You learn how Scrum can help a team of developers to successfully complete a complex software project.
Steven van Dijk

INVEST in Good Stories, and SMART Tasks - 0 views

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    ...we think of requirements of coming in the form of user stories. [...] But what are characteristics of a good story? The acronym "INVEST" can remind you that good stories are...
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