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How to Use Agile at Home
Agile is not meant only for software development. People implement Agile practices in their personal lives too. This post talks about implementation of Agile at home.
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Uncertainty in Agile and the Discovery Mindset
InfoQ interviewed Andrea Provaglio about business models for execution, optimization and discovery, dealing with uncertainty and leveraging it to create business value, understanding both value and cost, growing a discovery mindset, and creating a culture where people have the courage to make mistakes and can learn from them.
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Defining Devops as CALMSS
Forrester has come-up with a new definition of DevOps. Forrester has added an additional “S” for sourcing in the CALMS definition of DevOps. They believe that DevOps must be supported by a solid sourcing strategy to extend the ecosystem. This then brings them to the acronym of CALMSS.
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Embracing HR Practices to Support Agility
David Dame, enterprise agility change agent and organizational coach, describes scaling engagement agility in the context of HR practices.
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Q&A with Gil Zilberfeld on Agile Product Planning and Management
InfoQ did an interview with Gil Zilberfeld about better ways to do product planning and tracking, his thoughts about #noestimates, including value in product planning discussions, and how to improve decision making in product development.
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VersionOne Spring Release
VersionOne has released the latest version of its Enterprise Agile Platform. The Spring 2015 release adds features which expand upon the platforms’s capabilities at the portfolio and program level. InfoQ spoke to Lisa Hagin, senior product marketing manager, and Mark Crowe, director product management, about the features in the new release and the future direction of the platform.
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Tomas Rybing on Priority Pyramid
Tomas Rybing, Director, Project Management at Aptilo Networks, proposed a prioritization technique called ‘Priority Pyramid’, in agile environment.
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From Agile Cargo Cult to Agile Organizations
Avishai Ish-Shalom talked about the importance of moving from agile cargo cult to agile organizations at DevOps Days Ljubljana 2015. He gives some practical examples and guidance for taking full advantage of Conway's Law.
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Managing the Expectations from Agile
InfoQ did an interview with Gil Zilberfeld about managing the expectations that organizations have of agile and how to prevent misconceptions, valuable ideas and practices from agile and what the future will bring for agile.
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Adoption of Agile in Eastern Europe
The gap in agile adoption between Eastern Europe and the US and Western Europe is becoming smaller. Scrum is the most widespread framework, Kanban adoption is growing and SAFe, LeSS, DAD are trending. The way that companies are transitioning to agile is significantly different in Eastern Europe.
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Defining Classes of Service in Kanban Using an Alternative Approach
There are some alternative ways of identifying different classes of service in kanban. This post talks about these methods.
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Yuval Yeret talks about the Synergies of Kanban and Devops
Yuval Yeret is a senior enterprise Agile Coach at AgileSparks. At the upcoming Agile India conference he is talking on good and bad ways to kickstart agile the Kanban way. He spoke to InfoQ about the synergies between Kanban and DevOps.
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Gartner and Software Advice examine Agile Lifecycle Management Tools
In February 2015 both Gartner and Software Advice released research and analysis into agile lifecycle management/project management tools. The Gartner Magic Quadrant identifies that the big players have a competitive advantage and the Software Advice study found which aspects of the tools projects managers find most useful.
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Config Management Camp: Lean Configuration Management
Jez Humble, co-author of "Continuous Delivery" and "Lean Enterprise" and VP at Chef, presented the second Config Management Camp keynote, sharing the principles that enable high throughput and stability and the configuration management practices behind them, using models drawn from the Lean movement.
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VersionOne 2015 Winter Release Available
InfoQ spoke to VersionOne about their Winter 2015 release. It gives the ALM tool additional capabilities around scaling, supporting strategic initiatives across organizations, estimation using Monte-Carlo analysis and improves the capabilities around integration with multiple version control systems.