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

Scrum.org

Over the years I have encountered many agile adoptions at companies where a lot of passion, energy, focus and budget went into training and coaching people in implementing certain frameworks such as Scrum. Many of the agile engineering practices are viewed as daunting and expensive to implement, and doing so will get in the way of delivery.

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In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation

Scrum.org

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? Unfortunately, many developers and development teams still burn more hours than are probably good for them. Although this is often the result of “death marches” and similar requests from management, there are also many situations where developers do this out of their own will.

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Agile Leadership — A Brief Overview of Concepts and Ideas

Scrum.org

Manifesto of Agile Software Development: “ Working software is the primary measure of progress.”). The New New Product Development Game. The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.”. Focus on Delivering Value. Creating a Learning Organization.

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

Scrum.org

The result of this buzz session was, of course, the Agile ‘Software Development’ Manifesto. Non-verbal cues then become available to team members, and it is easier for them to communicate, develop, and pursue a shared focus on the task at hand. Working software is the primary measure of progress”.

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Project Management Mastery: Conquering Big, Hairy, Complex Projects (BHCP)

NimbleWork

Long Duration: BHCPs typically have extended timelines, spanning several years or even decades, which necessitate sustained effort and resource allocation. Large-Scale IT Implementations: Enterprise-wide IT projects such as ERP system implementations or complex software development initiatives.

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Regarding the matter of speaking out publicly (on some things ‘Agile’)

Gunther Verheyen

So much energy is wasted on spreading negativity. Regardless whether free-floating opportunists like it or not, there is no denying that the source and roots of all things ‘Agile’ is the “ Manifesto for Agile Software Development ”, or the “ Agile Manifesto ” in short. I’m at peace with that.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Management Methodologies

Workamajig

It was first outlined by Dr. Winston Royce in 1970 as a response to managing the increasingly complex nature of software development. Since then, it has become widely adopted, most prominently in the software industry. Graphically, you can represent it as follows: The above is from a software development perspective.