Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Four Phases of Maturing Enterprise Agile Development. Also, see my Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Agile proponents did themselves a favor adopting the generic agile development to represent processes like SCRUM, Extreme Programming, etc. Do your technology choices easy lend themselves to agile (think fast) development cycles? Also, agile practitioners (product owners, scrum masters, developers, etc.)

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MARCH 25, 2009

Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers. Ive been asked lately about the role of project managers on agile or SCRUM teams. Some specifics: Scrum and agile are very team and inward facing. When outsourcing a component is an option, project managers can help develop RFPs and review vendor options.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice. agile software development. (56).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

I then discussed how BusinessWeek moved to an agile development process (specifically, SCRUM), to build its newest product, the Business Exchange. Labels: about me , agile software development , business exchange , content agility , web 2.0. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. software qa. (8).

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Looking back to 2008, I shifted this blog from covering startups and issues for CTOs (re: Startup CTO ) and covered a lot about the agile software development life cycle. I also covered some practical matters on when to use (and not use) pair programming , a bit on the Scrum Master role , and on story writing vs requirements docs.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

My favorite business topics include CIO , Agile Software Development , Enterprise 2.0 , Open Source Software and Social Networking. Labels: about me , agile software development , business exchange , in the news , media and publishing , web 2.0. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Measuring actual costs turns out to be an easier process assuming that you have a tool to manage the backlog and a scrum master running daily standups. Labels: agile planning , agile software development , cio , it management , project management. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. software qa. (8).

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JUNE 9, 2009

Recognize that process is always in a state of flux and improvement, so when improvements are needed or opportunities identified use an agile / SCRUM process to schedule, commit, and measure improvements. Next post: SCRUM for Process Maturity. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. offshore development. (6).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Agile practices (SCRUM, XP , etc.) When we started TripConnect , we followed agile methodologies even though the first version of the product was developed offshore. Those priorities pretty much set us down a path of agile development. Labels: about me , agile software development , enterprise 2.0 , it management , startup cto.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

5) Help the team make it successful - Make sure all team members have a basic foundation in an agile (probably scrum) process. I highly recommend training and ideally an agile coach if you can afford it, but at minimum make sure you have a team lead (scrum master.) Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Define an idea as a structured wiki page, a Google form , a Quickbase App , etc. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). software development. (51).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

If you’re lucky they’ll tell you about their software stack and then throw in a bit about their software development life cycle. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). agile software development. (56).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Labels: agile software development , product management , project management. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). software development. (51).

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Its a smart team, but they are immediately jumping into solving problems and developing artifacts. The problem is, using agile process (scrum specifically) for planning, problem solving, developing a strategy, documenting an architecture requires some discipline and thinking a little differently. agile software development. (56).

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APRIL 16, 2009

One good way to insure a smooth transition is to learn the process either through participation, taking a training class, and ideally applying agile/SCRUM as a business process. Great articles posted at the Business Exchange Agile Software Development topic. Labels: agile software development , product management.

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JUNE 2, 2009

Now theres nothing wrong with the article or some of the concepts, but I feel compelled to throw in my two cents on maturity models in general and especially applied to agile software development. In general, Ive only seen maturity models used in one way - to sell enterprise executives either software or services. software qa.

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APRIL 10, 2009

Below is an incomplete list of some things the Business needs to manage when working with an Agile software development team 1) Expect to spend a lot of time with the technologists! - Labels: agile software development , business exchange , product management. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization.

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MARCH 17, 2009

From Iterative to Agile Once we optimized around iterative delivery, there was a collective effort between members of my team as well as our offshore partner to move to agile development. If youre practicing SCRUM, make key members of your teams have some basic training. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Some vendors like Google (apps.) Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). agile software development. (56). offshore development. (6). software development. (51). software qa. (8). about me. (33).

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