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Ready, Fire, Aim Anti-Pattern If your organization is experiencing disproportionally higher chaos on your larger projects, you might ask if you had sufficient information and time at the beginning to understand the problem being solved before anyone committed to cost or schedule targets. |
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Scheduling a Kickoff When should the team and stakeholders be brought together to assure everyone is on the same page? |
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Requirements Discipline: Avoiding “Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts" Absent an effective requirements baseline it is difficult to distinguish clarifications and error correction from enhancements and changes to the original ask. |
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What’s the Problem with User Stories?Agile projects focus on very lightweight, simple requirements embodied in user stories. However, there are some problems with relying solely on user stories. They often don't contain enough accuracy for development, testing, or industry regulations. There's a better way to write detailed requirements that are still agile. | 
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How to Make a Fixed-Scope Contract More AgileEstablishing a contract that genuinely supports agile methods can be a significant challenge. By its very nature, a contract that specifies detailed, upfront deliverables contravenes the principles of flexibility and adaptation that are at the heart of agile. But it is possible—both parties just need to focus on results. | 
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The Curse of Rushed RequirementsWhen development is outsourced, a documented baseline of expected functionality sets expectations for both the client and developer. Acknowledging that agile practices are flexible, beware the trap of rushing requirements just because you know they are going to change. It's still essential to be as accurate as you can. |
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Refine Your Product Backlog Continuously to Improve FlowOne way to address poorly defined product backlog items is to spend time refining the items as you go. Refining the backlog continuously helps the team deliver consistently and can lead to shorter planning meetings at the start of the sprint. It can even help improve reliability, velocity, and the quality of work. | 
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Top 10 TechWell Insights Stories of 2018Many teams are embracing new practices, and several of last year's most-read stories reflect that, with topics such as AI, DevOps, and continuous testing. But it looks like lots of teams also want to get back to basics, because guides to tried-and-true agile and testing methods also ranked high. Check out the roundup. | 
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