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An Introduction to Agile LeadershipTim Lister
1.2Agile software development methodology For the beginners, this section presents a concise introduction to agile software development and the important terms used in this area. Agile methods are based on smalldevelopment cycles, continuous integration of software versions, adaptive planning, team collabor...
Scrum is a part of the agile process, but certainly not the only part. Agile is a large tent, but scrum is an important pillar. Think of scrum as a framework by which you can implement agile development. Agile doesn’t have a set of steps to follow, so scrum provides a means to ap...
The emphasis is now on adaptability to change in the business environment and a proactive way of approaching to market and customer needs through newly evolved cooperation methods such as virtual organisation. The emerging paradigm is agile manufacturing, which in concept is a step forward in ...
flow charts are typically used to describe the detailed logic of a business process or business rule. In the past it was quite common to use flow charts to model the logic of large software modules, such as a 30,000 line COBOL program. However, because object methods are much smaller (a...
Being aware of the major agile business analyst certifications is becoming increasing relevant to business analysts as they adapt to agile ways of working.
Tests also work well with agile methods. User stories are almost tests; they’re just not actual code (although some approaches, such as “design by contract,” minimize this difference).
One way to scale agile methods is via an architecture-centric approach, in which a project is divided into smaller modules on which sub teams can use agile effectively. However, a problem with architecture-centric modifications to agile methods is the introduction of non-agile elements, for ...
Design. Now that it’s clear who you’ll train and what knowledge they should get, you need to understand how. Which instructional methods, activities, textual content, and media assets will you use to create a killer learning experience? Development. Now it’s time to translate all this in...