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» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional... - Part III: Winning Through Integrative Thinking

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Agile vs. Traditional... - Part III: Winning Through Integrative Thinking

Instead of taking for granted that either you find a flavor of agile that will fit the needs of your organization, or you must completely dismiss the use of agile methods, a much more valuable approach is to determine, for each individual project, which agile concepts should be embraced or not.

» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional... - Part II: Methods are a means to the end of project success, not the end themselves

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Agile vs. Traditional... - Part II: Methods are a means to the end of project success, not the end themselves

By taking a closer look at how your company is developing software, and what is working for projects with different profiles, it’s possible to leverage winning strategies and hybrid approaches to make your software initiatives equally or more successful in the future.

» FEATURED: A Proposal for an Agile Development Testing V-Model

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A Proposal for an Agile Development Testing V-Model

This article proposes a V-Model for agile development testing and invites feedback from the reader. The agile method used in this article is Scrum; the author assumes the reader is familiar with this solution development life cycle.

» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality

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Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality

My understanding is that, in practice, successful agilists tend to bring together a number of activities, tasks, and deliverables that are from beyond the boundaries of what may be called “pure agile.” This mixing and matching of software process elements from agile and non-agile (more formal) approaches is a much more practical way of using these ...

» FEATURED: Understanding and Managing Agile Transitions

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Understanding and Managing Agile Transitions

Software development process is undergoing seismic shift from traditional waterfall software methodologies towards agile methodologies. Agile software development methodologies deliver high quality software products in rapid iterations with high flexibility and adaptability to changing conditions. This article discusses the dynamics of agile projec...

» FEATURED: Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

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Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

As agile methods become widespread in organizations, it’s not surprising to see the idea of the business analyst as a dispensable role taking root among IT project teams. After all, in agile approaches, tasks typically performed by a business analyst, such as requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, are replaced by a conversation betwe...

» FEATURED: The Product Backlog Board

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How come product owners and teams struggle to use the product backlog effectively? One of the reasons lies in the linear nature of a traditional product backlog: It is a list of "features, functions, technologies, enhancements, and bug fixes," as "Agile Software Development with Scrum" states. Such a list works well for creating a simple product. B...

» FEATURED: Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?

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Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?

Whether it is in software development, business analysis, portfolio management or business strategy, everyone wants to be Agile - and nobody wants to admit they aren't Agile. But what does it really take to be Agile? What is the state of Agility like?

» Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron

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Adult children. Jumbo shrimp. Seriously funny. I’m sure you recognize these expressions as oxymorons—self-contradictory phrases, often with an ironic meaning. Should we add “agile requirements” to the list? Does agile development fit in with traditional requirements practices? And if so, how?

» FEATURED: Principles of Agile Architecture

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The benefits of Agile methods are becoming more obvious and compelling. While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. That's largely because Agile provides quantifiable, "step-change" improvements in the "big three" software developm...

» FEATURED: Grooming the Product Backlog

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The product backlog is a beautifully simple artifact – a prioritized list of the outstanding work necessary to bring the product to life. To work with the product backlog effectively, it needs regular attention and care; it needs to be carefully managed, or groomed. Business analysts can play an important role to ensure that this is done well.

» FEATURED: Agility Based on Business Rules

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Today’s business systems aren’t agile – even when agile software methods are used to develop them. Companies need business agility, and in most cases we simply aren’t delivering it. Here’s an example from recent experience. I visited a very large health care organization and had conversations there with a variety of people.

» Be Good Enough: How the Agile Process Refocuses Business Analysts on Imperfections

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Be Good Enough: How the Agile Process Refocuses Business Analysts on Imperfections

The purpose of companies creating Business Analyst positions is to improve IT quality and efficiency while reducing project failures. When I first started as an Analyst, coming previously from the position of Software QA and having an education in technical writing (think documentation), I thought I was the perfect mix for the position. I quickly l...

» The Perfect Five-course Scrum

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Through development and beyond we hope not to have show stoppers, anticipate builds and releases on time, expect teams to portray efficiency, want our customers to be happy, and hope that boss coming to work and singing melody. Sounds like a perfect five-course scrum, isn’t it?

» FEATURED: The Experts’ Take on Business Analysis and Agile

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The Experts’ Take on Business Analysis and Agile

If you ask Business Analysts what they think about ‘Agile’, you’re likely to get a mixed bag of answers... With so many different ideas on what Agile is and how Agile impacts the Business Analysis profession, we decided to talk with leading experts in the Agile field and get their opinions on the subject.

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