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Inertia Is Bad: How to Generate Momentum in Your Agile ProgramIn a large agile project or program, you know how hard it can be to keep things moving. To prevent inertia from slowing an agile program, there's one simple objective you can assign everyone at the start of an iteration to help the team build momentum. Read on for great advice from Johanna Rothman. | 
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World's Biggest Agile Development Project CollapsesThe United Kingdom’s Universal Credit welfare system was once touted by its creators as a shining example of how agile can modernize old systems. Now, the department in charge of the program is reverting back to waterfall, and experts are saying that the world's biggest agile project has collapsed. | 
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The Importance of Balance in Your Agile ValuesSteve Berczuk explores the importance of balance and the relationship between agile values and top performing teams. The connection between agile values and balancing the various aspects of our lives should not be too surprising, but balancing all aspects of agile principles is difficult. | 
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When Are Lean Software Requirements Too Lean?Most people know that agile doesn't completely eliminate documentation, but it's a little less clear just how lean we can really make our requirements without sacrificing quality. Mickey Merritt shares how to stay agile with requirements that are just the right fit for getting the job done. | 
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Managing the Stream of Features in an Agile ProgramIf you keep a stream of features moving in a program—even with many feature teams—you are OK as long as the project teams keep talking to one another. You are not OK, however, if someone decides, “I own this code and no one else can touch it.” Johanna Rothman says how agile programs should operate. |
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Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat Stays Agile from the Post OfficeAgile may not be the first word you think of in relation to the post office, but perhaps it deserves to be. With both the United States Post Office and the Australia Post touting their recent successes with the methodology, could we see a turnaround of their dire financial situations? | 
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The Benefits and Challenges of Agile Development RitualsAgile practices come with rituals and habits that facilitate collaboration and free the team to focus on creative work. However, it can be hard for an agile team to keep up with the rituals. Steve Berczuk writes on the benefits and challenges of following rituals. |
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Can Agile Development Save the Video Game Console Industry?Agile's presence in the mobile development world has been widely documented—but can it also be credited for the recent downslide of at-home console gaming revenues? Those console manufacturers that aren't using agile may want to give it a try before they slip even further back in the race. |
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