DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Agile

A Software Craftsman's 200$ Bookshelf Upgrade!

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:54:16 GMT

About three weeks ago, I asked my readers and some people in the Norwegian developer community about what books they have in their bookshelf. The response was good, and I ended up with many good book recommendations. Today I placed a new order on Amazon, and spent 200$ to upgrade my bookshelf. If you read further, you'll see which books I ordered.

Agile Estimating

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:08:36 GMT

I've written quite a bit about various aspects of estimating in agile software development. I think it's about time I joined up the dots...

Are you Agile?

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:37:29 GMT

Article talks about minimum criteria required to call a process Agile. It also review all principles behind the Agile Software Development manifesto.

The Decline and Fall of Agile

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:16:57 GMT

It's odd to talk about the decline and fall of the agile movement, especially now that it's so popular, but I actually think the agile movement has been in decline for several years now.

Running an Agile Team, A Year Later

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:01:02 GMT

Are you holding back on adopting Agile practices? Listen in as Sara Ford, Codeplex Program Manager, explains first hand the benefits of working in an Agile team and why she wouldn't go back to the traditional Microsoft methodology.

Doing Planning the Agile way

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:18:52 GMT

An introduction to planning and estimating a project using Agile

10 Questions to Choose Candidates for Your Large Agile Company

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:37:01 GMT

This set of questions was created to help corporate managers select Agile-experienced consultants and candidate employees for project work.

It is BDUF, not DUF

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:16:03 GMT

A lot of developers think that agile development represents doing no design up front. That we will figure out what we want to do and then just jump right into coding it without any concern for what we are going to build. Then we will just come back later, refactor the whole thing, and voila, instant working application. Well, it just doesn't work that way.

Documents 2.0 - Consumable Documents

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:46:02 GMT

Sidar discussing the need for more agile documents in business environments.

Acceptance TDD Explained

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:59:42 GMT

Acceptance test-driven development is what helps developers build high-quality software that fulfills the business's needs as reliably as TDD helps ensure the software's technical quality.

Recovering a Project with ASP.NET MVC and Agile

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:00:47 GMT

"I recently got brought on board to a new client where, true to form, a project was in a state of failure - everybody sort of knew it, but nobody would say it out loud."

The Agile 800 Pounds Gorilla

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:46:02 GMT

I woke up this morning and I was Agile. We are all Agile now. Or we are gonna become Agile. Soon. No doubt about it. It is an order. And orders are not to be discussed, just executed. The Enterprise goes Agile! With the elegance of the huge battleship being pulled across a desert between oceans by slaves, camels and elephants, the Enterprise goes Agile.

Daily Standup Meetings for Agile Instructional Designers

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:26:03 GMT

In this post, I will introduce the concept of daily standup meetings for instructional designers . A lot has been written on this topic for agile software development. But this agile principle can be used in any field like instructional design. Therefore, this blog will explain the benefits, key questions and structure of a daily standup meeting.

The Premises of Agile Programming

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:32:00 GMT

You've heard about the promises about Agile Programming, what about the premises?

Fowler: Agile Versus Lean

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:49:44 GMT

"A particularly strong appeal to many people about lean ideas is that they provide a way of explaining agile software development to people - particularly senior people both within IT and senior customers. This explanation ranges from a crude appeal to emulate Toyota to detailed discussions of how lean manufacturing's benefits translate to the ideas in agile software development."

ASP.NET Design Patterns, TDD and Agile Book List

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:27:31 GMT

I've been collecting book recommendations on software design principles and patterns, test-driven development, and agile development. I wanted to share my current reading list with you in case you are interested in learning more about these topics. If you have any additional book recommendations -- please share!

Lean and Agile - Some Thoughts on the Differences

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:44:35 GMT

From Scott: "What follows is my thoughts, my thoughts only, and an open invitation to further conversation on a topic about which I feel passionate. Also I'm not an expert on Agile. I believe strongly that the idea of a named methodology applied rigidly to practice with no flexibility in regard to local constraints is folly."

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 4: Agile Kaikaku

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:31:03 GMT

Owen Rogers discusses Agile Kaikaku, or a radical process change event within an organization. Owen is an Agile coach and has helped many teams adopt Agile practices.

Scrum Explained in 5 Minutes

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:01:02 GMT

PDF entitled "Scrum in Five Minutes" from http://www.softhouse.se/

.NET Database Migration Tool Roundup

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:46:17 GMT

A overview of all the available DB Migration tools available on the .NET platform

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 3: Adopting Agile

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:46:09 GMT

The latest episode of the ALT.NET Podcast is a discussion with Owen Rogers focused on adopting agile practices.

When does design happen in Agile?

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:02:31 GMT

Someone at work, new to agile approaches, asked me about when agile projects do design. I thought I would share my answer in case others were still wondering, and to try and explain where experience may have lead to us activities that are not textbook...

New Version of HarnessIt - a .NET Unit Testing Application - Available

Tue, 20 May 2008 21:53:33 GMT

There's a new version of HarnessIt - a .NET unit testing application that takes brings a different UI to the .NET testing world.

The Developer Exchange Program

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:31:03 GMT

How much better a developer would you be if you could regularly observe another Agile team in action... in person.