25 Nov
2009

Agile is not Scrum

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Most people who read this blog will not find the title of this post a revelation. I know firsthand, however, that this is not the case for many. I recently had the privilege of facilitating a Birds of a Feather session at PDC. The title of our discussion was “Agile – Triumphs, Teams, Trials, and […]

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24 Aug
2009

Visual Studio Team System for Small Teams

There was a recent brouhaha on Twitter and in some blogs about the appropriateness of Team System in small teams. The gist of the discussion was simply that there are a lot of alternatives to TFS and VSTS tooling and many of them come cheaper out of the box. In many cases, free! Duh. I […]

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4 May
2009

On Measuring Agility, Craftsmanship, and Everything Else

There is some heated debate in the wind at the moment on the idea of an Agile Maturity Model (AMM). See here for more on the subject, or go straight to the heart of the matter by reading through this slide deck from Ross Pettit at ThoughtWorks. I have taken the time to study what […]

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