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View Article  Are we Agile - Indecision
The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Indecision.   more »
View Article  Are we Agile - Detailed Specifications
The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Detailed Specification.   more »
View Article  Are we Agile - Vague Requirements
The following is an excerpt from a recent presentation I did on Agile and Coldfusion - the subject of this excerpt is Vague Requirements.   more »
View Article  Making Things Happen - a review by Ricardo Mestre
I've just finished to read the best Project Management book since Mike Cohn's "Agile Estimating and Planning" ..."Making Things Happen"   more »
View Article  Agile Human, Agile Life
Its not just the human that is agile – all of life is agile – capable even of adapting to the catastrophic change brought about by the KT boundary event that rid us of the dinosaurs.   more »
View Article  Software Development Lifecycle in a Nutshell (part 5) – Governance - Completion of Artefacts Introduces Agile Benefit
In previous articles in this series I’ve discussed how to pull together a simple agile approach based around Card Conversation Confirmation. In part 5 I want to illustrate how this can be introduced in a traditional lifecycle.   more »
View Article  How to be an Agile Project Manager
So what is it that is so complex about answering this question? Well - maybe the traditional project management role needs to be adapted to fit the agile world - the old dog needs to learn new tricks perhaps.   more »
View Article  Card Conversation Confirmation - Agile Tool
This weekend I've released the first beta version of my new agile tool at CardConversationConfirmation.com - and its completely FREE to use.   more »
View Article  Is it better to be collaborative or independent in the creation of test scenarios?
Satisfaction criteria certainly must be agreed between customer and supplier but should that agreement extend to the detail of test scenarios and scripts?   more »
View Article  Beating Last minute change
When a developer recieves a brief that isn't detailed enough its no surprise - we can't necessarily expect the business to fully understand how to articulate its requirements to a technical team. But when the business suddenly realises there's an important detail they didn't mention before just when the developer is proudly admiring his wonderful work on the last day of build - you can't deny him is startled expression. Especially as its communicated as "I have an urgent business critical change that must be delivered on the planned deployment date come what may."   more »
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