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Wild West to the Agile Manifesto — Jim Highsmith

Scrum.org

Meet Jim Highsmith Jim has penned numerous books on the subject and was honored with the International Stevens Award 2005. Jim was pivotal in establishing The Agile Alliance and co-founding the Agile Leadership Network, serving as its inaugural president. Watch the video now : Jim Highsmith & the Agile Manifesto — Hands-on Agile 52.

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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

I hear the phrase “but not all debt is bad” a lot, usually coupled with “some level of debt is manageable” and, as a software developer, it makes me cringe. From 2005 (first beta) until 2012 they worked, successfully delivering a new version every 2 years. But, not all debt is bad!” Subscribe to A Wee Dram! NKDAgility can help!

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What's Missing from the Agile Software Development Paradigm

Herding Cats

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. To succeed, we must blend technical leadership and systems management into complete systems engineering.

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Agile Project Management Principles - MOving from Principles to Practices

Herding Cats

. † These descriptions fall short for the traditional program manager, not because the principles of agile are lacking, but because the practices of program management are not directly addressed using the software development focused methodologies presented by these authors. ‡ Agile Project Managers Leadership Network , .

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Five Critical Aspects of A 21st-Century Digital Enterprise

The IIL Blog

He took these skills into civilian life and built a successful career leading high-performance software development and information service delivery teams.

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What is IT Service Management?

The IIL Blog

Most of these roles were based on aspects of IT operation, such as mainframe operation and maintenance, which later evolved into software development and commercialisation. LEAN processes emerged in 1991, with the Agile Manifesto launched by a group of software engineers in 2001.

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Route to Enterprise Scale Agility

Digite

Be it the “software development process” or the “employee onboarding process” or “the procurement process” – agility is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of our digital world. The first Kanban system at Microsoft in 2005 produced productivity gains of 230%. The method wars. While this may be important, it isn’t enough.

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