Agile or Lean outside of IT? 1 Reply

Does anyone have any experience or know of any examples where agile or lean principles and practices have been used outside of IT.Since the principles are pretty generic and Scrum and Lean/Kanban do not have anything specifically to do with…Continue

Started by Kelly Waters. Last reply by Jonathan Baird 11 hours ago.

How is QA done (effectively) in an agile environment? 3 Replies

Hello all,I am working in a medium sized organization that is moving to an agile development process. We have a QA person who is looking to put together some traceability matrices and such, and because we are new to agile and the methods used to…Continue

Started by Kevin Wood. Last reply by Kelly Waters on Monday.

"Agile" Teams to Avoid in 2012 - InfoToon 1 Reply

With permission from Kelly, please find the "Agile" Teams to Avoid InfoToon at the following SmartBear blog: …Continue

Started by Alex Forbes. Last reply by Kelly Waters on Friday.

Business Analysts in India 2 Replies

We've been doing Scrum for the past seven-and-a-half years, but we're about to embark upon a new project, for which we're considering having business analysts in India.I believe strongly in the abilities of our current India team.  They're extremely…Continue

Tags: india, analysts, business, BA

Started by Fort Worth Dev VP. Last reply by Kelly Waters on Friday.

Is it possible, albeit maybe ill-advised, to be both a Product Owner AND the Scrum Master? 2 Replies

I ask because I work on a small to medium-sized development team that builds web apps for internal customers, and we are looking to implement scrum. At the current time, I and another BA are the closest thing to "scrum masters" that we have. And…Continue

Started by Kevin Wood. Last reply by Kevin Wood Jan 13.

Tech Webinar - Get Agile in 2012

You are invited for a Corp-Corp Tech Webinar on Friday, January 20th, at 4.00 pm EST, about "Get Agile in 2012".In this 60-minute webinar session, following topics will be covered:Ways to identify what kept you from achieving Agility in 2012 How to…Continue

Tags: #corp-corp, #agile, #webinar

Started by Jagatha Jan 10.

Which tools support the following agile features? 4 Replies

Hi folks,I am in search of a tool which provides the following features:The requirement is to have one Tool for both “General project management and Agile project management”The tool should support the following:1. Active directory integration for…Continue

Tags: project, management, support, tools, features

Started by vikasv51188. Last reply by Manish Manekar Jan 6.

Agile project management software recommendations 7 Replies

Hello all,I recently started my first BA position after working as a developer for the last 6 years. The department I am currently working in has about 10 developers and 2 BA's - myself and another person. They are looking at moving to an agile…Continue

Started by Kevin Wood. Last reply by Manish Manekar Jan 6.

Best free agile tool 10 Replies

Hi, i read some opinions about best agile tools. However, most of these opinions are a bit old and the most of them weren't verified. E.g. the Pivotal Tracker is recommended by many people. However, it;s no more free and therefore I'm searching for…Continue

Tags: tools, free, agile

Started by John Smith. Last reply by Petra Hietaniemi Dec 29, 2011.

Agile in non development projects 2 Replies

I am an experienced Project Manager and have used Agile (SCRUM/sprints etc) many times during software dev projects.Due to the results of the dev projects it has now been suggested that we look to adopt Agile for non dev projects tooI obviously have…Continue

Tags: development, non, agile

Started by Jason donaldson. Last reply by Elizabeth Safro Dec 28, 2011.