If the retrospectives are one of the main improvement tools for Agile teams, they can also be the subjects of improvement. In this article, Tom Monico explains how his team has adopted the starfish model to create a better retrospectives process where feedback is produced in real-time and not only at the end of a Scrum sprint. Author: Tom...

Jeff Sutherland makes a convincing argument of using Scrum outside of software development in his recent book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. A full 111 years before Sutherland published this book, the Wright Brothers practiced scrum to outmaneuver better funded and more entrenched competitors. REPL driven development...

Jeff Sutherland makes a convincing argument of using Scrum outside of software development in his recent book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. A full 111 years before Sutherland published this book, the Wright Brothers practiced scrum to outmaneuver better funded and more entrenched competitors. REPL driven development...

Not encrypting your data is a risky move and just relying on hope that you wont get hacked and compromised is not a strategy. As a .NET software developer you have a duty to your employer to secure and protect their data. In this talk, you will learn how to use the .NET Framework to […]

Not encrypting your data is a risky move and just relying on hope that you wont get hacked and compromised is not a strategy. As a .NET software developer you have a duty to your employer to secure and protect their data. In this talk, you will learn how to use the .NET Framework to […]

Working in middle to large companies means working with several Scrum teams, different departments and having often far from ideal working communication processes. Product Management usually is only one piece of the greater picture and has to serve multiple stakeholders. Keeping the core stakeholders informed about the latest releases and...

Working in middle to large companies means working with several Scrum teams, different departments and having often far from ideal working communication processes. Product Management usually is only one piece of the greater picture and has to serve multiple stakeholders. Keeping the core stakeholders informed about the latest releases and...

If you blindly accept what clients say they want and proceed with a project on that basis, both you and the clients may be in for a rude awakening. You will have built something the clients cannot use. Often in the process of building a solution, the clients learn what they need is not the […]

If you blindly accept what clients say they want and proceed with a project on that basis, both you and the clients may be in for a rude awakening. You will have built something the clients cannot use. Often in the process of building a solution, the clients learn what they need is not the […]

Forty8Fifty Labs has announced the Real-Time Splunk Connector for Atlassian JIRA Service Desk. The new solution leverages advanced analytics and reporting to provide a big picture view across all service desk environments so DevOps teams can better understand the incident trends that often create persistent or intermittent service issues. The...

Forty8Fifty Labs has announced the Real-Time Splunk Connector for Atlassian JIRA Service Desk. The new solution leverages advanced analytics and reporting to provide a big picture view across all service desk environments so DevOps teams can better understand the incident trends that often create persistent or intermittent service issues. The...

The DSDM Consortium, author and custodian of the world-leading DSDM Agile Framework, has announced a new identity and a major new Agile approach. The Agile Business Consortium unveiled its new name and look as it launched the Agile Business Change Framework, designed to support businesses and organisations in adopting Agile at any...

The DSDM Consortium, author and custodian of the world-leading DSDM Agile Framework, has announced a new identity and a major new Agile approach. The Agile Business Consortium unveiled its new name and look as it launched the Agile Business Change Framework, designed to support businesses and organisations in adopting Agile at any...

In an ideal Agile world, the Scrum team can complete all user stories tasks that it planned for the current sprint. The real world is however different. In this article, Scott Lively explains how to use the sprint data to modify the team behavior. In his introduction, Scott Lively explains the feeling of having some user stories not completed...

In an ideal Agile world, the Scrum team can complete all user stories tasks that it planned for the current sprint. The real world is however different. In this article, Scott Lively explains how to use the sprint data to modify the team behavior. In his introduction, Scott Lively explains the feeling of having some user stories not completed...