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Independent Testing and Agile Teams
The majority of testing, and in simple situations all of it, is performed by an agile delivery team itself. This is because we strive to have cross-functional “whole teams” that have the capability and...
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Why is Disciplined Agile So Complicated?
We often hear the refrain that Disciplined Agile (DA) is too complicated, that it needs to be simpler. Believe me, we’re all for simplicity and we do everything that we can to make DA as simple as...
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One Company, 800+ Disciplined Agile Teams and Counting
In September 2016 InfoQ published an interview, Benefits of Agile Transformation at Barclays, with Jonathon Smart and Ian Dugmore of Barclays in the UK. The interview summarizes the experiences of...
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The Disciplined Agile Poster v2.1
On Wednesday, September 21 2016 we ran a webinar overviewing the latest version of the DA poster. A recording of the webinar can be viewed online from the DAC Webinars page and a PDF of the slide deck...
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How Large Are Agile Teams in Practice?
The contrite answer is that they’re as large as they need to be, and the contrite agile answer is that they’re as small as they can be. Now that we’ve gotten the contrite answers out of the way, how...
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How Geographically Distributed Are Agile Teams in Practice?
Many people, particularly those new to agile, will tell you that agile teams must be small and co-located. That is certainly a smart way of organizing a team, but is isn’t required. In fact agile...
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Do Agile Teams Face Regulatory Compliance?
We often hear that agile is great for simple situations but as soon as you face compliancy issues that it doesn’t work. Is it possible to be agile when you face regulatory compliance, such as PCI and...
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Do Agile Teams Take on Hard Problems?
We often hear that agile software development is fine when you face a simple problem, but that agile isn’t sufficient for more difficult problems. Of course this falsehood is promoted by people who...
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Can You Outsource and Still Be Agile?
We often hear that agile software development is fine for small co-located teams, but that you couldn’t possibly take an outsourcing approach with agile. The customer organizations would love to do...
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Is it Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) or Disciplined Agile (DA)?
The quick answer is of course “Yes”. A couple of years ago we caused a bit of confusion when we expanded the scope of the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework to address the activities of an...
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Having issues with SAFe? Considering DA? Tell us about it…
In our travels working with clients around the world we have run into many companies that have tried SAFe but are now struggling and looking for alternatives. Last week we learned about a large bank...
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One Company, 800+ Disciplined Agile Teams and Counting
In September 2016 InfoQ published an interview, Benefits of Agile Transformation at Barclays, with Jonathon Smart and Ian Dugmore of Barclays in the UK. The interview summarizes the experiences of...
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How Large Are Agile Teams in Practice?
The contrite answer is that they’re as large as they need to be, and the contrite agile answer is that they’re as small as they can be. Now that we’ve gotten the contrite answers out of the way, how...
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How Geographically Distributed Are Agile Teams in Practice?
Many people, particularly those new to agile, will tell you that agile teams must be small and co-located. That is certainly a smart way of organizing a team, but is isn’t required. In fact agile...
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Do Agile Teams Face Regulatory Compliance?
We often hear that agile is great for simple situations but as soon as you face compliancy issues that it doesn’t work. Is it possible to be agile when you face regulatory compliance, such as PCI and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Agile Teams Take on Hard Problems?
We often hear that agile software development is fine when you face a simple problem, but that agile isn’t sufficient for more difficult problems. Of course this falsehood is promoted by people who...
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Can You Outsource and Still Be Agile?
We often hear that agile software development is fine for small co-located teams, but that you couldn’t possibly take an outsourcing approach with agile. The customer organizations would love to do...
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Is it Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) or Disciplined Agile (DA)?
The quick answer is of course “Yes”. A couple of years ago we caused a bit of confusion when we expanded the scope of Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) to address the activities of an information...
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Having issues with SAFe? Considering DA? Tell us about it…
In our travels working with clients around the world we have run into many companies that have tried SAFe but are now struggling and looking for alternatives. Last week we learned about a large bank...
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Thoughts on the State of Agile 2018 Survey from CollabNet VersionOne
The results of the 2018 State of Agile survey (StateOfAgile.com) have just been released. This survey, while not particularly scientific in its approach, is a widely read and frequently quoted survey...
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