Can we make Agile work in regulated industries? That is the topic of an upcoming webinar. I find this a bit ironic. Can we make Agile not work in regulated industries? Did Agile cause the Ariane V… »

As humans we love the majesty of nature. Who can fail to be impressed by such majestic cataracts as the Niagara falls or the Victoria falls? Someone said that falling is fine, it's hitting the ground… »

I think Wordles are beautiful and interesting. That is why I have created one for this blog. Click on the image for a full-size version. Biggest Wordle Words It seems that the "biggest" words in… »

These are the Unagile Principles also known as the Principles Behind the Unagile Manifesto. They are a support for all those who oppose the dangerous and wide-spread dissemination of methods based on… »

The so called Agile Manifesto has created so much excitement in the software development world and beyond. It is time that all those who oppose Agile methods in software development got their own… »

Agile team staffing is about staffing your agile teams and managing the talents of the teams not just the individuals. So, how do you create agile teams where the members trust each other? Keeping… »

How is Agile offshoring done in practice? Julian Bass studied seven different companies doing off-shoring London-Bengaluru. He had expected that the companies would have adapted a continuum of… »

Joe Dager from the Business 901 blog and podcast is someone who has covered the cross-breeding of lean and agile more than most people. So how does one apply Lean to agile software development?… »

I am not going to write a whole lot on waterfall versus agile but... An interesting point that is worth reiterating. Waterfall software development processes can remind us of many of the important… »

In a small study, three different projects were examined with respect to the degree that they used eXtreme Programming practices and what the code looked like in terms of size, complexity and… »