August 13, 2008

Does IT Matter (or how Agile is changing what IT means)

In 2003, Nicholas Carr wrote a seminal piece in the Harvard Business Review called Does IT Matter. As we round the corner on 2008, there are a number of trends that point to the fact that the traditional view of IT is indeed changing and Agile techniques are a reflection of this.

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July 28, 2008

Using Twitter in an Agile Project Setting

  I came across Twitter in a discussion on LinkedIn a few months ago and recently wrote a blog entry on how it might support agile software development practices. However, I've only recently had a chance to explore its actual effect on a project.

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July 03, 2008

Agile Thinkers

One of the biggest challenges of Agile development is introducing its ideas and techniques beyond the project team using them.  Project teams tpically see direct, and often immediate, benefits of using agile techniques but for those outside of the project it takes the right leadership and direction to enable agile adoption across the enterprise.

 

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July 02, 2008

ABCs of SDLCs

There is really no limit to the number of ways to create and customize an System Development LifeCycle and to some degree every organization and, to some degree, every project needs its own flavor of an SDLC.  However, every SDLC should address the following ABCs:

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