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I'm often asked "what is Agile Development?" I've never really been sure how to answer that. Some people say "well, it is the 4 values defined by the Agile Manifesto."

I like analogies. Sometimes folks say I use them too much. I know that at least once I’ve come up with a really “out there” analogy. For instance, there was

[Revisions: 6/11/08 general updates, 1/9/08 responding to comments] Giving a concise definition of Agile is far from easy, probably because Agile is actually an umbrella for a wide variety of

I find that people have pet issues which they are always looking for a new way to solve. Often, when a new way of doing things is introduced, people ask

I was talking to Ron Morsicato of Agile Rules at dinner at last weekend's Deep Lean conference and he was saying how he thought that Agile was a good idea for mission

A couple of days ago while at QCon San Francisco, I had a series of conversations with a person involved in software development at a major financial institution. He really wants

Deep Lean was a 2-day event held at MIT, organized by the New England Agile Bazaar, and sponsored by AccuRev. Speakers included Jeff Sutherland, Nancy Van Schooenderwoert, and Mary &

If you are going to be in San Francisco for QCon, check out my session on "What's Keeping Agile From Mainstream Adoption?" . I've changed my focus a bit from when this was

Something I've noticed a lot lately is that people often come away from a brush with Agile development thinking "gosh, we're pretty much already doing that now!" After thinking about

Here's the introduction to an article I wrote recently called "Developers Can Learn a lot From Salespeople" on CM Crossroads: I know what you are thinking. Engineers don't need salespeople because truly

Come and discuss this topic at a BOF session that I will be hosting at SD Best Practices 2007. Wednesday, September 19, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM. The BOF will

Laws, rules, process. They are all related and they are all around you. You don’t consciously think about them from moment to moment, but you are reacting to them moment