Agile Development Methods
Agile Development Methods
Agile Development Stories
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Ease Your Transition to Agile and Learn What Your Team NeedsIf you are starting a transition to agile, first ask yourself: Why do we want to transition to agile? Agile is about the ability to respond to change. Once you understand what your organization’s issues are and you can resolve them, you can move to a program. | 
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Stop Blaming Changing Requirements for Your Project's FailureBlaming changing requirements for a project's downfall is about as misguided as it gets. When you start accepting that change is in coming and you start preparing for it by using iterative development, you'll see that dreading or fighting change is the only way to ensure failure. | 
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What Makes for a Healthy, Functioning Self-Organizing Team?Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains what makes for a healthy, functioning self-organizing team. According to Venkatesh, a good leader who has servant-leadership qualities is essential for a self-organizing team—and having no one assigning the tasks or micromanaging the progress. | 
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Creating an Environment that Supports Self-Organizing TeamsSelf-organizing agile teams leverage some basic qualities about what motivates people to help teams deliver. Since these qualities often run counter to traditional management structures, it takes effort to create an environment that supports these kinds of teams. | 
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What You Can Learn from Sony about Cost Versus ValueSony is now worth a fraction of what it was ten years ago because the company started asking, "What will make us the most money right now?" Your question should not be how much something costs; you should be asking, “How much value will this project provide?” Learn to tell the difference. |
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Agile Development Teams: Plan or Be Planned ForSteve Vaughn writes that if your team is not planning for future releases, someone else will plan them for you. Teams must embrace the fact that strategic planning will happen and take ownership of the process. | 
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Advice for Geographically Distributed Teams Transitioning to AgileYou have any number of choices for your lifecycle if you are a geographically distributed team transitioning to agile. But some choices are better than others, and you may need a coach. Similarly, there are many tools available, but you, the team, should choose which you use, not your management. |
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Mastering the Black Art of Software Project EstimationEstimation at the start of a software development project doesn't have to be done blindly; nor does it have to involve making empty promises. By incorporating agile—or even an estimation center of excellence—both customers and developers can have a much clearer view of the road ahead. |
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