Agile Development Methods

Agile Development Methods

Agile Development Stories
A New Software Development Manifesto for Building the Right Things

Author and software consultant Gojko Adzic recently gathered together a group of professionals to discuss software delivery and business outcomes, and to identify the core ideas that could be shared with delivery teams to help them focus on building the right things.

How to Choose the Right Communication Tool for an Agile TeamSteve Berczuk explains how email and other tools of communication can have both advantages and limitations for an agile team. When making an absolute decision on whether to use a tool to collaborate, take time to observe and appreciate what works best for you and the people around you.
Why Agile Teams Should Avoid Setting Narrow Project GoalsAgile teams should change their mindsets and establish an area of focus instead of setting narrow project goals. This change can promote a team's self-direction, which generates the motivation to produce unforeseen outcomes and achieve business value.
Agile Moves into Our Homes and SchoolsNot only has agile moved into our homes, it is now reaching into our schools. Agile methodology is in the process of changing the way corporations work, so it should come as no surprise that it is now changing the way we organize our personal lives as well.
Reconsidering User Stories

User stories, one of the most common agile techniques, are used by delivery teams to support their iterative planning efforts and are typically used to represent items in a backlog. Until recently there has been a general agreement about the form that user stories should take.

Homeland Security Adopts Agile, Cloud to Improve EfficiencyThe US Department of Homeland Security has been charged with changing the way it handles IT operations. The agency is improving quality and cutting costs by implementing agile methods and employing cloud services, platform-as-a-service, and software-as-a-service.
Agile Development Tool RoundupOne of the basic tenets of agile is to favor “individuals and interactions over processes and tools,” as stated in the Agile Manifesto. This, however, has not stopped the onslaught of vendors claiming that their tools are perfect for the different aspects of agile development.
Self-Organizing Teams and New York's Soda Size BanVenkatesh Krishnamurthy relates New York's unpopular soda size ban with the conflicts that arise from self-organizing teams. Michael Bloomberg (ScrumMaster) had good intentions to save lives by bringing this change; however, he didn’t get support from the citizens (self-organized team).