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Agile Development

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:23:26 GMT

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The old Agile Times

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AgileDevelopment Magazine was published by Agile Alliance on a quarterly basis from Sprint 2006 until 2007 Summer. Its authors share successes and challenges with Agile projects, explain various methods and tools, and provide insights into new research. What is agile software development?

AgileDevelopment was delivered quarterly as a downloadable PDF file. It doesn’t need to be printed out; you can read it easily on your computer screen. And you want to use it on your computer screen, because it is highly interactive. That doesn’t mean you can’t print out an article. You can. You’ll want to share that information with others in your organization and with potential clients as well.

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Mon, 19 May 2008 19:37:36 GMT

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With more than 4261 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the values and principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development

We support those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices to make the software industry productive, humane, and sustainable.

Programs

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:14:48 GMT

The Agile Alliance conducts much of its work via programs proposed by members. Some examples of past programs are topic-focused workshops, local Agile conferences, and academic research projects. Our current programs are listed below.

The primary requirement for any program is that it supports the values, goals, and purpose of the Agile Alliance:

a) To provide an unbiased forum within which the community can freely work to discuss, promote, and improve agile development processes;

b) To encourage scientific research in current and potential uses of agile processes;

c) To share information about agile processes;

d) To provide an opportunity for education in agile processes;

e) To provide a medium of communication with user groups in similar areas;

f) To provide an opportunity for the formation of programs that further these purposes;

g) To assist members in keeping abreast of new information regarding agile processes as changes and advances occur; and

h) To communicate information and accomplishments to news media and to specialty magazines serving the field.

To initiate a program, email the Agile Alliance Board Chair. with a brief description of the program you are proposing, including how the program will further the work of the Agile Alliance.

The Board Chair will assign a board member to work with you to create a program proposal and budget. The Board will consider each proposal at the first Board meeting after they receive the complete proposal.

For a full description of how programs operate, see article 7 of the Agile Alliance bylaws.

A template for describing new programs is available (RTF).

Current programs:

The Agile Narratives Program gathers personal stories relevant to Agile software development. Directors: Duncan Pierce and Johanna Hunt.

The Academic Research Program encourages academic researchers to focus on agile development. Director: Helen Sharp.

The Gordon Pask Award Program recognizes people whose recent contributions to Agile Practice demonstrate (in the opinion of the award committee) their potential to become leaders of the field. Director: Brian Marick.

The Conference Sponsorship Program supports agile conferences. To gain approval, send the request form to the conferences committee. This year I am pleased to report we supported 27 conferences with agile content around the world. Directors: Diana Larsen and Rachel Davies.

The Speaker Reimbursement Program reimburses local user groups for expenses incurred when bringing in outside speakers. To gain approval in advance, send the information from the reimbursement form to the speakers committee. Director: Jutta Eckstein.

The Agile Conference Program organizes our own conference on agile software development. Director for Agile2008: Rachel Davies.

The Agile Alliance Digital Library Program provides a searchable repository of articles on agile development. Director: Yael Dubinsky.

Functional Testing Tools Workshop: Retrospective and Envisioning the Next Generation – discussion group and resources Director: Jennitta Andrea

The Patterns of Agile Practice Adoption Program brings together experiences of adopting agile practices from the field. Director: Amr Elssamadisy.

Public Resources

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:27:40 GMT

Agile Times Newsletter

The Agile Times newsletter was our member newsletter written by and for members from 2003 to 2005. Past issues are available for download here. The newer e-magazine Agile Development for members only was produced through Summer 2007.

Agile User Groups

This page contain an index of independent agile user groups worldwide. Application forms for support for user groups can be found here.

Carnival of the Agilists

Agile happenings in the blogosphere.

Agile Journal

The Agile Journal publishes original content articles on a wide variety of Agile topics and is directed by Liz Barnett who was Forrester’s lead analyst on Agile Development until this year.

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Conference Sponsorship Policy

The Agile Alliance can sponsor conferences offering financial support and publicity.

Conference Sponsorship Request

A form a conference organiser uses to request sponsorship from Agile Alliance.

Publication Dates and Deadlines

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:41:34 GMT

AgileDevelopment magazine is published on a quarterly basis. The magazine is available only to members of the Agile Alliance for six months after publication. After that, it is available for download to the general public.

Date of Publication	Rough draft due	Final drafts due	Review final copy	Live on Website
April 2007	23 January 2007	23 February 2007	10 March 2007	17 April 2007
July 2007	23 April 2007	23 May 2007	10 July 2007	17 July 2007
October 2007	12 August 2007	12 September 2007	26 October 2007	31 October 2007
January 2008	19 November 2007	3 December 2007	28 January 2008	31 January 2008

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How to compare Six Sigma, Lean and the Theory of Constraints

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:14:27 GMT

Simple review of three process improvement theories. Dave compares Six Sigma, Lean and Theories of Constraints at a high level.

High Moon Studios Receives Workplace Excellence Award

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:27 GMT

Article about how game developer High Moon Studios won an award for their HR programs, organizational performance, and employee satisfaction. The console game industry is known for its employee-unfriendly cultures; High Moon Studios used the agile process Scrum to avoid the typical game-development culture while putting out hit games such as Darkwatch.

Fail Fast

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:26 GMT

Fail Fast is geared towards quick recognition of programming errors and making bugs easier to track/find. The approach is to focus on making code easier to debug rather then focusing on the user experience during program failure (customers might be confused and annoyed by the error handling, but the quicker resolution to the issue would provide a greater overall benefit).

Beyond Story Cards: Agile Requirements Collaboration

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:24 GMT

Discussion on Story Cards, the where, why, what, how and when of them. James Shore discusses the life cycle of Story Cards, what they should be, how to use them and what to watch out for.

Agile CMMI: No Oxymoron

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:23 GMT

Good high level comparison between CMM-I (TSP – Team Software Processes) and Agile Development. The review includes a side-by-side comparison between the TSP and Agile practices and discusses the background and development of CMM-I.

Agile Risks, Agile Rewards

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:23 GMT

Discussion on Risk and how to incorporate Risk Management within Agile Project Management. Risk Management is, for the most part, an unexplored area of project management, but is the main driver to Agile Practices. The article discusses some ways of incorporating Risk Management within the Agile Methodologies.

Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:42:23 GMT

Discussion on ‘burn up’ charts and how they can be effectively used by project managers for reporting progress. The discussion takes into account work in progress (wip), outstanding inventory of features and other phases of development. Many good discussion points are presented as well as good observations about reporting project progress.

What Is Agile Software Development?

Sun, 14 May 2006 05:31:11 GMT

In the late 1990’s several methodologies began to get increasing public attention. Each had a different combination of old ideas, new ideas, and transmuted old ideas. But they all emphasized close collaboration between the programmer team and business experts; face-to-face communication (as more efficient than written documentation); frequent delivery of new deployable business value; tight, self-organizing teams; and ways to craft the code and the team such that the inevitable requirements churn was not a crisis.