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19/11/2025

Sizing an Agile team is not an easy task. In this article, Mark Haynes discusses some of the factors (control, the nature of the work, optimal communications) that will influence the decision for the size of a Scrum team.

Sizing an Agile team is not an easy task. In this article, Mark Haynes discusses some of the factors (control, the nature of the work, optimal communications) that will influence the decision for the size of a Scrum team. Author: Mark Haynes, https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-mark-haynes-csm-745a60...

19/11/2025

Software testing typically starts once the code is fully developed or in the later stages of development. With this approach, when QA’s role begins at that time, most of the development is already done, and identifying defects at this timeframe means rework for the developers, which is quite costly in terms of time and money. It also impacts project production delivery.

Software testing typically starts once the code is fully developed or in the later stages of development. With this approach, when QA's role begins at that time, most of the development is already done, and identifying defects at this timeframe means rework for the developers, which is quite costly....

19/11/2025

Asking LLMs to write code is a life-changer, but so is talking to them about the process. Jon Udell continues to explore LLMs for coders.

14/10/2025

There are still many open source kanban tools available, contrary to open source projects for Scrum tools that have mostly ended being transformed in a limited offer that supports a main commercial product. The simplicity of the Kanban approach has allowed open source software developers to create and maintain Kanban tools based on various platforms.

There are still many open source kanban tools available, contrary to open source projects for Scrum tools that have mostly ended being transformed in a limited offer that supports a main commercial product. The simplicity of the Kanban approach has allowed open source software developers to create a...

14/10/2025

As companies transition to Agile and Scrum to manage their software development projects, how does this affect the work of business analysts? Nancy Nee, VP Global Product Strategy at ESI International, shares her opinion on the role of business analysts in Agile software development projects. She explains their relationships with product owners and how the Agile approach impacts the requirement gathering activity. She also provides some input on how to handle conflict between stakeholders.

As companies transition to Agile and Scrum to manage their software development projects, how does this affect the work of business analysts? Nancy Nee, VP Global Product Strategy at ESI International, shares her opinion on the role of business analysts in Agile software development projects. She ex...

14/10/2025

The Agile world is splitting into two camps: Those convinced AI will automate practitioners out of existence, and those dismissing it as another crypto-level fad. Both are wrong. The evidence reveals something far more interesting and urgent: Principles written in 2001, before anyone imagined GPT-Whatever, align remarkably well with the most transformative technology of recent years. This is not a coincidence. I believe it is proof that human-centric values transcend technological disruption; it is the Agile AI Manifesto.

The Agile AI Manifesto: The Agile Manifesto Predicted AI — PST Stefan Wolpers

25/06/2025

This article presents a list of “pure” online commercial Kanban tools that can be used for free, even if there are often limitations, mainly the number of users, regarding this free usage. The free options should also be obvious in the tool’s pricing section and not hidden somewhere. The free usage is not just a free trial during a limited time.

In the context of software development, Kanban is an approach based on Lean that tries to limit waste and work in progress to the actual capacity of the software development team. The aim of Kanban is to create a context that balances capacity and demand through a value stream and promote visual pro...

25/06/2025

KPI (Key Performance Indicator) metrics and Agile just don't mix. They are the software version of Taylorism. One of my LinkedIn compatriots (Steve Gordon) said it pretty well: "The only reason for KPIs is if you do not trust your developers to deliver working software to the best of their ability and continuously learn to do it better." Trust and respect are central to agility.

KPIs, Velocity, and Other Destructive Metrics By Allen Holub | January 30, 2018 | 36 "It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it—a costly myth." –W. Edwards Deming The Deming quote at the top of this post is often twisted into something worthy of Frederick Taylo...

25/06/2025

A lot of Agile software development teams work with remote members in a virtual organization. Distributed Scrum teams that have the technical skills to install and manage open source web tools can benefit from this list of open source retrospective tools.

In the Agile world, bottom-up continuous improvement is the new mantra that replace the (rarely done) postmortem reviews of traditional project management approaches used in software development. Today, distributed Scrum teams with remote work are more common than you might think, despite the fact t...

03/06/2025

Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement, and retrospectives are a key practice that enables teams to refine their processes after every sprint. These structured meetings provide a dedicated space for teams to reflect, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement changes that drive efficiency and collaboration.

Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement, and retrospectives are a key practice that enables teams to refine their processes after every sprint. These structured meetings provide a dedicated space for teams to reflect, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement changes that drive effi...

03/06/2025

Many software teams struggle with ever growing cost of change, and technical debt that risks overwhelming them.

what about from the management side? I often hear from engineering and product managers that they're unaware, or learn too late, that folks were accumulating debt. It becomes visible when teams are no longer able to achieve goals.

03/06/2025

This article contains a selected list of free and open source project management software tools that can be used to manage software development projects.

This article contains a selected list of free and open source project management software tools that can be used to manage software development projects. The features provided by traditional open source project management tools are the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the Gantt and PERT charts, Criti...