Agile Advisor columnist Aaron Bjork talks about why it’s both necessary and dangerous to listen to your customers.
Aaron Bjork talks about the importance of simplicity and clear rules in your software process.
Aaron Bjork talks about why remaining work is the most important measurement on your Agile projects.
Aaron Bjork talks about how to motivate your agile teams without getting in their way.
Agile planning does not mean "no planning"; it means a flexible plan that changes with the situation.
Agile management tools are maturing as the market defines its needs.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/17/2011
Microsoft's Aaron Bjork explores how to use acceptance criteria to get everyone on your team running the same play.
Aaron Bjork talks about the power of learning from the past and gives some insight into how to get the most out of your retrospectives in your Agile projects.
Mickey covers the basics of Urban Turtle, an Agile development planning tool for Team Foundation Server.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 05/13/2011
Telerik this week updated a pair of products: The Telerik Test Studio automated test suite and Telerik TeamPulse team project management package.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/04/2011
This is the first installment of a new online column written by Aaron Bjork, senior program manager at Microsoft working on Agile experiences and tooling within TFS. This month Aaron looks at daily standup meetings.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk says coding errors can lead to trouble, but the vast majority of big mistakes are due to poor or misguided project management.
TeamPulse provides economical support for teams implementing the Agile methodology, but it doesn't integrate with Visual Studio.
A survey by ALM provider Serena Software indicates that dev organizations are shifting focus from cost cutting to improving application delivery.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/03/2011
Telerik releases Q3 2010 version of its Agile project management suite, with support for bi-directional sync with Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/18/2010
While Agile methodology is growing in importance, a recent survey of European companies indicates that the traditional "waterfall" method will retain its position as the dominant development strategy.
A survey conducted earlier this year by two Swedish graduate students indicates companies have difficulty in picking the right Agile tools in a highly fragmented market and often resort to relying on simple "tangible" tools such as whiteboards and paper.
Working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process template.
OutSystems this week released version 5.1 of its Agile Platform, featuring "1 Click" provisioning designed to help developers quickly get projects up and running on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.
Mickey continues his exploration of the new Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Process Template, with a look at the included features.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 08/11/2010