Agile Software Development Wikipedia link Agile Manifesto reads, in its entirety, as follows: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software ...
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Can two developers form an agile team?
I am working on a company's project alone at the moment, but the company is getting soon a junior developer whom I will be mentoring. Considering he will be learning a lot in first few days I am ...
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Parallel Testing options in Agile Development?
I've read through some very good resources on the internet trying to find out if my initial proposed testing process is a valid option. So please any advice or recommendations are appreciated.
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How does agile work when replacing a working system?
In an ideal Agile world, you quickly build a small, but useful subset of the desired end system, and give it to users. They're excited, because it's useful, they start using it and give feedback. You ...
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How relaxed (or not) should a sprint be?
What should be the attitude towards getting stories done that are assigned to a sprint? Obviously you want to prioritize getting them done in the sprint, but to me the whole point of agile is to be ...
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Methodology between Scrum and Rapid [closed]
I would like to ask about which one is the best and appropriate methodology for someone who is developing a mobile application that consist of phases during the development process? Basically the ...
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What are the Agile initial conditions?
First let me say that I think that an agile process can work because of the following underlying principles:
It brings focus
Limits the noise which really brings focus
Secondly I am wondering what ...
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Steps for moving towards continuous delivery? [closed]
Say you have a traditional dev > test > production process say on a monthly release cycle.
What are some of the steps you need to take and put into place to move towards a model of continuous ...
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How do you estimate the time required for a “research phase” in agile development?
In the context of agile development, what is the appropriate amount of learning that an engineer should engage in before implementing a solution to a problem?
If an engineer knows she is too ignorant ...
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How to create the architecture/design of an application in Agile?
If I am about to develop an Enterprise application, but as far as I understand from agile process, I break features into small chunks and develop them iteratively. I used to create the database and ...
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Scrum for team split between two spoken languages
I have a team that without a single common language among all of the team members. The team is split across two locations (though the geography isn't the main issue). All team members in each location ...
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How do we finish all our stories by the end of the sprint and not after and why is this important?
We are running 2 weeks sprints where the team will just barely finish development by the last day of the sprint but cards are not complete because testing is not finished. The definition of done is ...
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SDLC approach for small size projects
For small size projects, is it worth following the SDLC? is SCRUM/agile development a better approach?
Edit: The project I have in mind is a small change but it will affect multiple layers/parts of ...
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Essential management tools for a small/medium software development shop
I've recently started work with an organisation that is rapidly expanding and is recruiting or growing several development teams (including two web-based products and a data warehouse/BI team). They ...
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How to change documentation expectations from “risk management” to a “project risk”
We are trying to introduce some agile concepts to the business folks but one of our biggest hurdles is their expectations for documentation - the quantity, the authorship/ownership of the documents, ...
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Introducing Agile development after traditional project inception
About a year and a half ago, I entered a workplace that claimed to do Agile development. What I learned was that this place has adopted several agile practices (such as daily standups, sprint ...
