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Half Agile Isn’t Real Transformation

Leading Agile

This may be perfectly fine in some cases, but in many cases, the result is not so fine: Any change that is meaningful and impactful to the business can be delivered only on the pre-agile cadence. No matter how short the turnaround time for front-end changes, the corresponding back-end changes still require several months to deliver.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

In contrast, Edward Yourdon’s book, Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving ‘Mission Impossible’ Projects , describes the harm the death march pattern causes and advises software development teams on how to survive it. Survival is the best the teams can hope for. Business Impact.

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