How to Manage Risks in Agile Projects
Today let’s continue our Agile series, this time focusing on the notion of risk management in projects. I’m sure we all recognize that managing risk is a big part of managing projects, but when we’re dealing with a DSDM Agile project, what framework exists to help us do this well? For the Lowry application of […]
Agile: Not Just for Software Anymore
Today let’s continue our Agile series, as we promised when we left off in our last blog, by confirming that Agile isn’t just for software development anymore. Yes, today Agile goes far beyond its initial scope of addressing software development issues. In fact, the Agile philosophy today is used to manage all sorts of projects, […]
The Underlying Connection to Business in the Agile Manifesto
Today let’s continue our Agile series by looking at the fourth principle of the Agile Manifesto: Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.[i] If you remember, in our last blog we discussed what it means to apply iterative thinking to the Agile Manifesto. Specifically, we covered the first principle, […]
How to Apply Iterative Thinking to the Agile Manifesto
By Paul Rakowicz, Vice President of Software Development In our last blog we discussed what it means to think iteratively. Today let’s consider the application of iterative thinking to the first principle behind the Agile Manifesto. Remember, the first principle is: Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of […]
How to Be Iterative in Your Thinking
By Paul Rakowicz, Vice President of Software Development Continuing with the Agile thread of my previous two posts, today let’s look at what it means to be “iterative” in your thinking. First off, the definition of “iteration” is: 1: the action or a process of iterating or repeating: as a: a procedure in which repetition […]
The Birth of Agile Project Management
By Paul Rakowicz, Vice President of Software Development In my previous blog, I wrote about the birth of Agile. Today let’s think about the natural extension to that: Agile Project Management. And, really, it is a natural extension. For once the Agile philosophy entered our world, how could project managers help but incorporate Agile principles […]
The Birth of Agile
By Paul Rakowicz, VP of Software Development Today’s blog is a primer on Agile. To get started, let’s take a quick look at the Agile origin story and the formation of the Agile philosophy. Briefly, it all began with a gathering of 17 individuals in February of 2001. Seventeen individuals who came together and, meeting […]
How Can the Agile Methodology Help You?
As a general rule, and as proven in virtually every survey over the past five years — including the 7th Annual State of Agile Development Survey by VersionOne in late 2012 — the Agile Methodology for software development is scoring higher than all other methodologies. Why is that? What can it mean for you? Let’s […]
