Archive for the ‘Strategy’ Category

How Well Does Agile Scale?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

This email sent to a discussion forum discusses the experiences of a company with 27 development teams using Agile methods.

Reaching Hyper-Productivity with Outsourced Development Teams

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Jeff Sutherland and Xebia CTO Guido Schoonheim discuss their success with teams distributed across two locations, Holland and India, with data that shows similar velocity as localized teams in this video.

The WordCount Simulation

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

In her Agile Testing class, Elisabeth Hendrickson conducts an exercise called the WordCount Simulation that is described in detail with this blog post.

Scrum Case Studies

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Mark Levison has compiled a listing of great Scrum case studies for those interested in how others do it in this blog entry.

Tasty Cupcakes: Experiential Learning Games

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The “Tasty Cupcakes” site has a plethora of experiential learning games that may be of interest to teams, coaches, and trainers.

Agile: Anatomy of a failed project

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

This article describes a presentation from Mitch Lacey on “When Working Software is Not Enough: A Story of Project Failure” with significant details about what lead to the failure.

Strategy by Design

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Tim Brown describes what makes “T-shaped” people tick and how they can drive innovation for organizations in this article.