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A Conversation With Johanna Rothman

Article by Jonathan Vanian | Dec 27 2011 - 10:51am
 Johanna Rothman talks about the year in software, the rise of project portfolio management, and whether or not we will continue to see organizations adopt agile in the new year. Read More

Software for Good: The Maker Movement

Article by Jon Speicher | Dec 22 2011 - 9:00am
 Communities are sprouting up all over the world to provide an outlet for those who want to create new things and hack existing ones. In this article, Jonathan Speicher writes about one such group, HackPittsburgh, some of the projects he’s worked on, and the value the maker movement brings to those who work in the software industry. Read More

The Zero Defect Vision, Part 1

Article by Bob Schatz | Comments (3) | Dec 22 2011 - 7:00am
 Bob Schatz helps you develop strategies to eliminate errors and prevent defects in your product or service. Read More

Dave Hendricksen's 12 Essential Skills for Software Architects

Article | Dec 20 2011 - 9:00am
 In this TechWell interview, Dave Hendricksen, author of 12 Essential Skills for Software Architects, discusses his new book that covers the soft skills that technical people should learn. Read More

15 TechWell Favorites from 2011

Article Jonathan Vanian | Dec 19 2011 - 6:50pm
 Two TechWell editors take take a look back at fifteen articles that were among the most read, the most shared, and the best conversation starters. Read More

Configuration Management and DevOps with Jez Humble and Bob Aiello

Article by Bob Aiello | Dec 15 2011 - 3:57pm
 In this excerpt from an interview recorded at this year's Better Software and Agile Development Practices East conferences, authors Bob Aiello and Jez Humble discuss the challenges and the rewards of instituting configuration management and DevOps practices. Read More

Specification by Example: Collaborating on a Scope Without High-level Control

Article by Gojko Adzic | Dec 13 2011 - 9:00am
 Understanding what the business users are trying to achieve can significantly help you focus the project on things that really matter. In this excerpt from Gojko Adzic's book Specification by Example, the author offers some tips for effectively collaborating on the project scope when you don’t have a high-level control of the project. Read More

How to Give an Accurate Answer

Article by Scott Ames | Comments (2) | Dec 13 2011 - 7:01am
 "How long’s it gonna take?" My response: "Six weeks, plus or minus two days. No more." In this article, I'll give a rebuttal to Daryl Kulak's article, "Let’s Stop the Wishful Thinking." I will show why his beliefs about software estimating, while understandable, are questionable because of the advent of the Test Requirements Agile Metric (TRAM). Read More

Story Mapping the Wrong Way

Article by Lisa Crispin | Dec 12 2011 - 6:30am
 When Lisa Crispin’s team got an opportunity to put the story mapping ideas she picked up from Jeff Patton into practice, they excitedly rushed into it and missed a few steps. Find out what happened, what didn't happen, and what they learned from it all. Read More

Agile Requirements Management with Keith Johnson

Article by TechWell Staff | Dec 7 2011 - 8:00am
 Keith Johnson is vice president of product development at Jama Software. in this Sticky ToolLook interview, he discusses some of the changes that agile development has brought to the requirements management process. Read More
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What is Best, Scrum or Kanban?

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 Scrum in 1 minuteScrum is about getting back to the time when the company was small and everything was easy and ran smoothly. Back then projects were small, teams were small, releases were small and... Read More

Edit Those Epics

Article by Johanna Rothman | Comments (23)
 I've been working with folks making their transition to agile. One of the hardest transitions is for the managers and technical leaders.Managers are accustomed to working in timeboxes. To them, the... Read More

Defining Requirement Types: Traditional vs. Use Cases vs. User Stories

Article by Charles Suscheck | Comments (6)
 I’ve worked with a lot of teams transitioning to agile. In each situation, user stories always seem to be a sticking point, with a common question being, “What are the differences between traditional... Read More

The Zero Defect Vision, Part 1

Article by Bob Schatz | Comments (3)
 How many times have you had the conversation at work about how software is so complex and it should be an accepted fact that there are going to be a significant number of defects?Would you be... Read More

What You Ignore Can Hurt Your Project

Article by Peter Harris
 What are you ignoring right now, this minute, while you read this? I know that it's bugging you. Other things seem more important, and it’s more comfortable just to ignore it.What you don't know may... Read More

Globally Distributed Agile Development

Article by Alex Perec | Comments (1)
 Application development is no longer about one individual working on a project. Today, application development frequently consists of multiple teams, located across the globe, collaborating on a... Read More

Considering the Modern Technology Career

Article by Matthew Heusser
 Software development is a young field, at least compared with established professions like law and medicine. The choice to work in software is likewise a different choice. It is often made in youth... Read More

Problem Solving: Deadlines and Context

Blog Post by Steve Berczuk
 One of the more difficult challenges people and teams have in the face of deadline pressure is taking time to consider how to approach a problem rather than just diving in with a solution approach... Read More

Automation

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 I recently wrote a short article on on StickyMinds.com about automation. After it was published I came across another related post by Jim Coplien which makes the point that automation should come... Read More

Agile for Dummies

In Agile for Dummies, an IBM eBook, you’ll learn the fundamentals of agile development—and more. See how software teams increase their productivity and produce higher-quality applications that more... Read More - Get this content

Be Agile and Take Control of Your Software Projects

The software development world has gone agile, but complex projects still demand requirements best practices such as traceability, specifications and change control. Learn how to strike the right... Read More - Get this content

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