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Embracing Agile: A Developer's Journey from Tradition to Innovation

Scrum.org

My transition to Agile and DevOps wasn't immediate. Key Topics: Traditional vs Agile Approaches The Human Element in DevOps Discovering the Power of Scrum Organizational Transformation through Agile The Liberating Nature of Agile Practices Agile and DevOps presented a way to not just work differently but to think differently.

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Ghosts of Agile Past: Story Points

Scrum.org

Agile frameworks are frequently misunderstood, and one area that exemplifies this is the use of story points. My experience with numerous Agile teams has shown me that the reliance on story points often leads to a misalignment of goals and priorities.

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Is Agile Just About the Rituals?

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Agile, at its heart, is not merely a collection of rituals and processes we blindly follow. It's a philosophy that challenges us to think differently about how we develop software, products, and even how we structure our organisations. However, this perspective misses the transformative power of Agile. Enjoy this video?

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Ghosts of Agile Past: Burndowns

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Are Burndown Charts Really Effective in Agile Environments? Agile project management, particularly in the context of software development, has long been seen as a dynamic, flexible approach to handling the complexities and uncertainties of modern projects. Agile projects, by their nature, are adaptive and responsive.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). We can say the Agile methods have well-interpreted the so-called Copernican Revolution in management.

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5 kinds of Agile bandits. Planning Bandits

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Unveiling the Agile Burndown Trap: A Fresh Perspective on Sprint Planning Agile teams often rely on burndown charts to monitor progress throughout a sprint. In essence, it forces teams into a rigid, plan-driven approach, which is paradoxical to the Agile principles of flexibility and adaptation to change. Enjoy this video?

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Agile Revolution in the Defense Industry

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These striking innovations, which look like toys, are the facade of a profound shift in the industrial paradigm based on speed of change, open-source, decentralization, and composability. Changing a traditional production tool is long and difficult, generating high costs, hindering innovation, and causing loss of economic opportunities.

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