Are you curious how “agile” your organization is? Do you wonder how you compare with other organizations that have been using agile for a similar amount of time? Do you want an authoritative source of information to help guide your successful transition to agile? In this presentation, agile experts and…

…a product owner or agile product manager, you need some straightforward advice to help you balance all the competing needs of your business. These slides from agile expert and author Mike Cohn introduce three guidelines you can use to help prioritize features. Learn how expected cost of change, useful knowledge,…

…a member of the agile community but his past writings include at least two articles (both available on the Agile Alliance website) where he draws favorable conclusions about agile development. Considering this, it is no surprise that a fair number of the facts in his book can be considered aligned…

…primary theoreticians in the agile software development movement. Their first book, Lean Software Development, provided insights into the theory behind agile software development. That first book has been widely praised for helping those of us doing agile software development know why what we were doing worked. With their new book,…

…is necessary to do agile well. These convictions have served you well—your teams have delivered better products more quickly and more economically than before they were agile. But could some of your firmly held convictions be holding you back? And have you ever wondered why some of your most agile…

…planning meeting, Scrum and agile teams accomplish three things: Discuss how to implement a set of product backlog items Determine which set of product backlog items the team can commit to complete during the sprint (or iteration). These items and their tasks become the sprint backlog. Choose and fine-tune the…

…can think of for agile backlog prioritization. This agile product backlog is almost always more than enough for a first sprint. The Scrum product backlog is then allowed to grow and change as more is learned about the product and its customers. A typical Scrum backlog comprises the following different…

Maybe you’ve heard about agile software development projects but aren’t sure if they allow for the detailed planning and estimation your business requires. You might also worry if your team provides the estimates that management wants, the numbers might come back to haunt you. Whether you are a manager, programmer,…

…doesn’t go away on agile projects, it does get a little easier to answer. Why? One big reason is agile teams use a metric called velocity, which allows them to track, forecast, and communicate their progress. What you have likely discovered, however, is velocity is difficult to estimate when your…

…for all projects, including agile ones. What you need to know, however, is how to create a project plan that looks forward six to nine months—and yet is accurate and useful. In these presentations, agile expert and author Mike Cohn describes how to break the cycle of throwaway plans. Learn…

…to ScrumMasters or other agile leaders—is difficult. The advice given often boils down to “here's how I do it…” or “you should always do…” The first style of advice fails because the coach's personal style may differ dramatically from the apprentice's style. Techniques that appear honest and sincere when one…

Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse is a very good book. Right in the preface the author states that his goals are describe how to do rapid development of enterprise Java applications using an agile process and to show how to do so using a consistent example woven…

Agile Project Management with Scrum is a wonderful book. The author, Ken Schwaber (one of the originators of the Scrum process), informs us through case studies and anecdotes. If you like learning by example, this book is for you. Scrum is quite likely the best starting point for most companies…

…project managers, one an agile development manager and the other a more traditional manager. Their conversations start each chapter and do an excellent job of introducing the main ideas of the chapter. Unlike many other agile books, the advice in this book can be applied to teams that are dipping…

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