What If You Can’t Get the Information You Need?
We Need the Source Code We’re bidding on a project that requires us to process the output of another system. To accurately estimate the amount of work, we need to know everything that this...
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Why Self-Paced Courses? All of the courses selected for this comparison are self-paced courses. If that’s not for you, and you prefer taking a week off of work to attend a week-long boot camp,...
What’s Agile? Continuous Improvement (Principle #12)
Agile embraces continuous improvement. The twelfth and final Agile principle is: At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. Principles behind the Agile Manifesto Continuous...
What’s Agile? Self-Organizing (Principle #11)
Agile project teams are self-organizing. However, that probably doesn’t mean what you think it means. The eleventh principle of Agile is: The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. Principles behind the Agile...
What’s Agile? Simplicity (Principle #10)
Agile uses the principle of simplicity to support several of the other foundational principles of Agile. The tenth Agile principle is: Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential. Principles behind the...
What’s Agile? Excellence (Principle #9)
Agile promotes the technical excellence that is the means to achieving quality. The ninth principle of Agile is: Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. Principles behind the Agile Manifesto Agile is...
What’s Agile? Sustainable Pace (Principle #8)
It’s a shame that Scrum uses the word “sprints” for its iterations, because Agile doesn’t sprint. Neither does Scrum. Agile projects establish a reasonable pace that can be sustained indefinitely. The eighth principle of...
What’s Agile? Working Software (Principle #7)
Nothing demonstrates real progress better than delivering working software to the customer frequently. That’s the focus of the seventh principle of Agile: Working software is the primary measure of progress. Principles behind the Agile...
What’s Agile? Face-to-Face (Principle #6)
Agile communication is mostly face-to-face. That doesn’t mean you never write anything down. Written documentation has its place – even on an Agile project – but it can’t match the effectiveness of face-to-face communication....
What’s Agile? Motivated People (Principle #5)
Agile doesn’t rely on motivating people. It relies instead on selecting people who are naturally motivated. The fifth principle of Agile is: Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they...
What’s Agile? Colocation (Principle #4)
Agile gets the project’s developers and key stakeholders working together on a daily basis. Preferably by colocating them. The fourth principle of Agile is: Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project....