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Agile Shouldn't Stop At Deployment

This just released from Dr. Dobb's- "Development team "does Scrum", but the rest of the company doesn't..." Sound familiar? …Continue

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Started Dec 6, 2011

 

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Do You Really Know what Continuous Integration is All About?

Original post found here: http://accurev.com/blog/2012/05/17/do-you-really-know-what-continuous-integration-is-all-about/When I ask people what Continuous Integration (CI) is, I generally get a lot of different answers. Popular ones include:“Running builds all the time!”“Binaries on demand for QA.”“The automation of the…See More
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Agile Shouldn't Stop At Deployment

This just released from Dr. Dobb's- "Development team "does Scrum", but the rest of the company doesn't..." Sound familiar? http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/232200774See More
Dec 6, 2011
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Before Agile, We Never Called it Waterfall...

Original entry available here: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/10/31/before-agile-we-never-called-it-waterfall%E2%80%A6/ A funny thing has happened over the last couple of years…. we started calling waterfall software development… er… “waterfall”. By this I mean, we never had a name for the process… waterfall was just called “software development”. There was no distinction or name for what…See More
Dec 5, 2011
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Nov 19, 2011
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SCM Best Practices and Continuous Integration Go Hand-in-Hand

Original article at: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/06/20/continuous-integration-builds/ Goals of Continuous IntegrationIf a primary goal of continuous integration is to improve software quality and reduce downstream build and test failures, then perhaps the single most important SCM best practice is to enable…See More
Jun 21, 2011
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SCM Best Practices and Continuous Integration Go Hand-in-Hand

For original entry, read http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/06/15/scm-best-practices/. There’s no denying that this has certainly been the Agile decade for the software development industry.  It’s evident all around us in this tenth year since the Agile Manifesto was created. Most companies and development organizations today have implemented some form or aspect of Agile methodology into their software development processes.…See More
Jun 17, 2011
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Cross-Functional Teams and Success with Agile

Original post available at: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/04/15/cross-functional-teams-agile-success/ I ask you- what do you think is the most important characteristic of an Agile team?  If you were to ask me, I would answer with cross-functional teams; I believe they are one of the most important contributors to success with Agile. A cross-functional team is ideally staffed with developers, testers,…See More
Apr 15, 2011
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Apr 15, 2011
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From Merge Hell to Merge Master

Original post available here: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/03/23/from-merge-hell-to-merge-master/ Are you frequently called on to perform the daunting task of ‘the merge’? Does tension mount and do groans grow louder when it’s time for a merge?  Are only a select few are willing to stand up and do the work?Maybe these stages describe your merge process:Denial: It’s never going to work (in a timely…See More
Mar 23, 2011
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Are You Part of a Scrum Team or Scrum Group?

Original post available at: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/03/14/scrum-team-group/I remember the first time I heard the term scrum development.  A manager at a previous job told me “We’re doing Scrum now, read this.” Then he handed me bunch of photocopied book pages.After a comprehensive review of the pages, all I figured out was that Scrum had…See More
Mar 14, 2011
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A New Mindset and New Toolsets are Needed to Speed Agile Adoption

In a previous post we examined an “Agile pain points” survey that highlighted some of the top obstacles organizations are facing when trying to adopt Agile practices.  Now that these obstacles have been identified, you might be asking – as we did – where do we go from here?The Importance of Agile ToolsWe think these findings reinforce the need for ALM tools to support Agile…See More
Mar 3, 2011
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Developers On Board with Agile, but Scaling Poses Obstacles

There’s little question that most organizations are considering a move to Agile practices, but what’s holding back adoption?  Earlier this month, we released the results of research conducted over the past year as part of our “Agile Comes to You” seminar series. We surveyed approximately 1,000 developers, testers, product managers and other business professionals across the US and Europe, and findings shed new light new light…See More
Mar 1, 2011

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Do You Really Know what Continuous Integration is All About?

Original post found here: http://accurev.com/blog/2012/05/17/do-you-really-know-what-continuous-integration-is-all-about/

When I ask people what Continuous Integration (CI) is, I generally get a lot of different answers. Popular ones include:

“Running builds all the…

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Posted on May 17, 2012 at 21:00

Agile vs. Waterfall: We’ve Been Doing it Wrong for How Long!?

Original post available here: http://accurev.com/blog/2012/01/16/doing-it-wrong-for-how-long-agile/

I was browsing reddit.com the other day and ran into this post:…

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Posted on January 16, 2012 at 22:20

Agile Kids Say the Darndest Things

Original post available here: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/11/28/agile-kids-say-the-darndest-things/

 

I hope I don’t end up with a seized engine on the side of the road, but if I do, I’ll know I should have had that oil change. I hope I don’t end up on the Worst Dressed List, but if I do, at least I’ll know I should have given away those old shirts.  I feel sorry for those on the…

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Posted on November 28, 2011 at 16:59

Before Agile, We Never Called it Waterfall...

Original entry available here: http://www.accurev.com/blog/2011/10/31/before-agile-we-never-called-it-waterfall%E2%80%A6/

 

A funny thing has happened over the last couple of years…. we started calling waterfall software development… er… “waterfall”. By this I mean, we never had a name for the process… waterfall was just called “software development”. There was no…

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