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Planning for Contract Agile Projects

Maybe you work for a vendor who must bid for work in response to an RFP. Or perhaps your company wants to…

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Leading a Self-Organizing Team

One of the challenges of agile development is coming to grips with the role of leaders and managers of…

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Introduction to User Stories

The technique of expressing requirements as user stories is one of the most broadly applicable techniques…

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Overcoming Waterfallacies & Agilephobias

You’ve heard all the hype about agile software development processes, but you are left wondering, if…

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Incorporating Learning and Expected Cost of Change

Product owners are typically asked to prioritize based on the nebulous term “business value.” But…

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Presentation for Product Owners: Storytelling with the Prioritized Product Backlog

The vast majority of what has been written about agile processes is intended for programmers and project…

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Assessing Your Agility

Are you curious how “agile” your organization is? Do you wonder how you compare with other…

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Agile Estimating and Planning

You’ve probably heard some people say, “Agile teams don’t plan.” Nothing could be…

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Agile Estimating

Maybe you’ve heard about agile software development projects but aren’t sure if they allow for…

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Agile and Scrum for Video Game Development

An agile process like Scrum has been applied successfully in many industries. But does it work for…

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Agile and the Seven Sins of Project Management

Agile approaches to software development promise many advantages: shorter schedules, more productive teams,…

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Advanced Topics in Agile Planning

When will you be done? Though this question doesn’t go away on agile projects, it does get a little…

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Planning for Contract Agile Projects

Leading a Self-Organizing Team

Introduction to User Stories

Overcoming Waterfallacies & Agilephobias

Incorporating Learning and Expected Cost of Change

Presentation for Product Owners: Storytelling with the Prioritized Product Backlog

Assessing Your Agility

Agile Estimating and Planning

Agile Estimating

Agile and Scrum for Video Game Development

Agile and the Seven Sins of Project Management

Advanced Topics in Agile Planning