SCRUM vs. Waterfall: Point and Counterpoint
Note: CMM is a service mark of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Shawn Presson, Director of Organizational Practice, ITS Services, Inc. says: Why, why, why does everything think the waterfall life cycle is exclusively linear? It...
Taking Programming to the Extreme
By Erik Sherman July 19, 2002 “The quest for quality software may require programmers to lose the cowboy attitude and learn to cooperate. “Mansour Raad had a big problem. His start-up firm, DiscoverCast, was developing collision-detection software for the...Rugby, Anyone?
Scrum is a good alternative for flexible programming that turns around a fast product. by Brian Noyes, June 28, 2002. In a rugby game, a scrum is a part of the game that is a cross between a kickoff and a quarterback snap in American football: a “play in which...Agile Processes: Ken Schwaber’s letter to IEEE Computer
I read with dismay “The Agile Methods Fray”, where two of the luminaries of software processes discuss traditional (defined) and agile approaches. The discussion was irrelevant to those attempting to understand the distinction. A sentence characterized the apparent...Good article by Linda Rising on SCRUM meetings
Rising, Linda. Agile Meetings. STQE Magazine, May/Jun 2002. “I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING: “OH, BOY, another article on meetings. Just what I need!” Believe me, I hate meetings as much as you do. In fact, I consider meetings the biggest time sink in organizations...6 Agile Ways To Increase Employee Engagement
Organizations who utilize Agile ways of working experience a 20-30% improvement in employee engagement. Engage, Equip & Empower your employees.
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