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Create a Vendor Contract While Keeping AgileWorking with vendors can pose challenges to an agile team, especially when it comes to contracting practices. How do you deal with contract relationships when trying to follow a philosophy that values collaboration over negotiation? Kent McDonald gives some suggestions for creating agile contracts. | 
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The Value of UncertaintySteve Berczuk writes that while it can be difficult to express uncertainty, especially in an area where we consider ourselves expert, the teams we work with can benefit when we do. A bit of uncertainty can help you identify whether your solution is the best one. | 
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DevOps Survey Details Development’s Fastest Growing Trend It seems like only yesterday we were poring over the 2013 State of Agile report, and now it's time for DevOps turn in the sun. We take a close look at why DevOps has become the next big thing and speculate on why it's being adopted at some of the hottest companies. |
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How to Say "No" When Asked for HelpCollaboration among team members is what makes agile software development both effective and fun. Being part of a team means not only helping others so that the team makes progress but also asking for help when you need it so that you don’t block the team for too long. |
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Building Successful PartnershipsAlthough there is a lot of competition with a heavy focus on intellectual property and a drive to release new features to customers sooner than competitors do, there's also a willingness to collaborate and build successful partnerships. Rajini Padmanaban looks at how testers can help in the process. | 
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How Agile Is Akin to Improvisational TheaterKent McDonald explores the idea that using an agile methodology is akin to improvisational theater. Like every metaphor for agile, improv theater does fail in some points, but it can be helpful when viewed from the perspective of collaboration. |
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Mobile Development's Unique Challenges Solved by AgileLearn how mobile developers are using agile's methodologies to traverse the unique landscape that mobile software presents. Although the Agile Manifesto was written long before smartphones and tablets and other mobile devices were built, agile's methodologies have never been more relevant. |
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James Bond Drives 3D Aston MartinFor the action scenes in the latest James Bond movie Skyfall, British company Propshop Modelmakers used innovative 3D printing technology from Augsburg-based voxeljet to create the three Aston Martin DB5 models that double for the now priceless original vehicle from the 1960s. | 
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