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Agile 2009 was a blast again this year. I learned a lot and met lots of incredibly interesting people. While talking to a friend about MVP for GUIs I realized

In theory, traditional development is a good idea. The work of development is broken up into stages in order to reduce risk and increase efficiency. But in reality a significant

In the previous post we saw two ways that traditional development is like the game of telephone. First, communication suffers from translation errors at each stage of the development cycle. Second, the

I tried to look like I was still mulling over the question when Mr. J continued his interrogation, "The description of this feature is incomplete. What should happen when the

Originally, my blog was focused on Software Configuration Management. Then I described in a blog post how I realized that I'm not really an SCM person, I'm a software development process person

One of the first questions that seems to come up in any discussion of Agile is "How Well Does Agile Scale?" Sometimes this is asked explicitly, but more often there

If you will be in the Boston area on June 16th, I'll be talking about how and why Agile works, pitfalls to watch out for, and why it goes well

Come hear Ken Schwaber's talk on "Flaccid Scrum" at the Agile Bazaar in Burlington, MA on June 18th. Visit our web site for more details.

Come learn "How Continuous Integration Promotes Healthy Agile Practices" in a webinar I'm doing for Version One at noon EDT on June 17th . See you there! Abstract: Healthy, successful Agile

If you are interested in Continuous Integration, and you are going to Agile 2009, please consider attending one of my CI sessions: Removing Integration Delays with Collocated Whole Teams and

Rich Mironov of Enthiosys will be speaking on "Product Managers and Product Owners: Which Do We Need, and What Do They Do". Hosted by the Agile Bazaar. For more details,

If you were bootstrapping a software company with your own hard-earned cash, what software development practices do you believe in enough that you would use them right off the bat?You