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agile

Evolving the Industry

What it Was Like as a Developer at Atomic in 2002

We weren't trying to think up the next great experimental idea. Instead, we were looking to be the best practitioners we could be — taking good new ideas and refining them.
Project & Team Management

Never Average Story Points!

Estimating work is a difficult process, and coming to consensus can be challenging. But just averaging everyone's points estimates isn't good enough.
Project & Team Management

Long-Term Agile Planning Is Possible!

Yes, you can plan more than a few weeks out on an agile project. Agile just gives you the flexibility to regularly rework the plan to meet your goals.
Project & Team Management

Why Agile Adoption Fails (+ 8 Ways to Find Success)

Adopting an agile approach for software development? Here is a set of concrete pitfalls you can avoid as a leader in your organization.
Development Practices

Five Tasks that Help Keep WIP Down

Minimizing Work in Progress (WIP) is essential to the Agile development process. Here are 5 ways that you can work to keep WIP down on your project.
Project & Team Management

Agile Misconception #2: We Don’t Need Documentation

Should documentation be done away with in Agile development? No! Good documentation can spark powerful conversation and collaboration.
Project & Team Management

Agile Misconception #1: Deadlines Don’t Exist

Scrum doesn’t state anything about deadlines being communicated. The fact is, business objectives have to be met, and they often come with constraints.
Development Practices

A “Grand Unified Theory” of Agile

Agile isn’t about “doing practice X.” It’s about finding the set of practices that best meet the needs of a given team at a given time. That's not easy.
Development Practices

How We Used a Week of Spikes to Map Out a Feature

In less than a week of strategic spiking, we were able to “de-risk” the majority of our upcoming work. We even had time to explore some other options.
Managing Your Team

The Atomic Agile Process

A template for Atomic Object’s Agile process—designed to be a starting point for our maker teams as they come together to tackle a new project.
Personal Optimization

Kicking off an Experiment in Agile Family Management

Over the next 6 months, I'll use Agile practices in my family management to address issues, focus on long-term goals, and improve communication. Here's how.
Project & Team Management

Successful Sprint Retrospectives: Tips and Tools

Sprint retrospectives help software teams reflect on what happened during a sprint to build team chemistry, share knowledge, and have fun.

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