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Why Agile Engineering Practices in Software Development Are Essential to Achieve Agility

Scrum.org

The agile manifesto includes principles such as “continuous delivery of valuable software”, “continuous attention to technical excellence” and “at regular intervals the team reflects on how to become more effective”. Either way, it is questionable that an agile process without underlying agile practices applied can be agile at all.

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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Why would you launch a new project management software tool when the market is so crowded already? The Agile Manifesto was written in 2001—which was the same year Rally Software was founded. Why is there so much software choice? And why focus on improving agile retrospectives? Jordan Husney.

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The Agile Hangover

Scrum.org

Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day. Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. .

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Why Scrum requires completely “Done” software every Sprint

Scrum.org

This picture underscores the most essential rule in Scrum: create “Done” software every Sprint. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. It may be tempting to limit the definition of “Done” to what a Development Team can actually achieve in a Sprint.

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A practical approach to improve the performance of your agile teams

Scrum.org

This article describes an A-type ecosystem for (software) product development, the prevalent dynamics in it, and the solutions to improve performance using Org Topologies™ mapping. This is a common situation in software development groups. Managers should not waste energy trying to optimize the existing system.

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A 4-Step Guide to Creating Powerful Team Rituals

Planio

Crucially, what separates the three is the energy and consciousness associated with each one. Team rituals take energy to complete, but come with a high level of consciousness that is underpinned by a meaningful sense of purpose. What it looks like in action: Jenny has just started working for a new software development team.

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10 Project Management Buzzwords and What They Mean

ProjectManager.com

It’s like code or shorthand, really, a way to address specifics to their trade or interests. It might seem dense or, worse, a way to exclude people and make them feel outside of the process. But in terms of business use, it applies to the energy or mental capacity required to deal with a situation or task. Paradigm Shift.