Projects@Work has published one of my articles: Technical Debt for Project Managers. Article summary: Technical debt describes the cumulative consequences of cutting corners in software development, but it escapes the attention of many project managers as they focus on scope and schedule. That’s a mistake because it impacts both. Here are questions to help you [...]
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If you’ve spent some time in Los Angeles, you may have noticed that restaurants auspiciously post a “letter grade” rating. The letters range from A to F and represent the most recent health inspection assessment. Any restaurant meeting over 90% of the health inspector’s criteria is given an “A” rating. These signs are large enough [...]
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I am happy to announce that ScrumWorks Pro 5 is available for download today. It’s been about eight months in the making and my team is excited to share what’s been keeping us busy. Do you long for the day that the ScrumWorks Pro web client is better/faster/cooler? Then this release is for you. Feature [...]
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My team has been doing Scrum with XP-ish practices since 2003. Being a vendor in the Agile space, we’re always testing new ideas and making tweaks to our process. I’ve written about our relatively tight engineering practices when it comes to test-centric development. Nevertheless, about two years ago I made a comment to the team [...]
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Danube’s ScrumWorks development team, along with other agile tool vendors, was recently challenged by a well-intentioned fellow named Mark Levison to see just how “Agile” we really are. In other words, do we eat our own dog food. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with [...]
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So it’s finally official, the Scrum Alliance has formally added an “exam” requirement to the ScrumMaster Certification process. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Victor Szalvay
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