What is Agile?
There’s lot of buzz about agile – agile methodology, agile teams, agile marketing, agile leadership, and so on. So what is Agile? Simply put, it is an iterative and incremental (evolutionary) approach...
View ArticleWhat is Scrum [Infographic]
Scrum is a simple agile framework for completing projects. Scrum derives it approach from the game of Rugby where the whole team “tries to go the distance as a unit, passing the ball back and forth”....
View ArticleSuccess with Agile Means Extending it Beyond Development
Global survey issued by Serena Software shows that agile projects are working well enough, but could be better. The survey also reveals that communication is today’s biggest agile challenge and...
View ArticleModified Questions for Daily Scrum Standups
In the Scrum Guide, 2013, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland have tweaked the standard daily scrum standup questions to make more sense. Will it help? Yes. Hopefully, these questions will transform daily...
View ArticleWriting Good User Stories [Infographic]
In agile development, an user story represents a small piece of business value that an agile team can deliver in an iteration. User stories are usually written as one or two sentences in the everyday...
View ArticleAre Sprint Retrospectives a Waste of Time?
Yes, if they are not focused and structured well. The key question here is, “Why are we doing sprint retrospectives anyway?” Is it because it’s mentioned in some top-notch Agile book? Is it because the...
View ArticleAgile vs Waterfall
There have been endless debates about Agile vs Waterfall development methodologies in the software circles and they have always evoked strong emotions. Some say, Agile is in and Waterfall is passe...
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