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David Anderson on “A Kanban System for Software Engineering”

Posted by Christophe on March 30, 2009

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In this Qcon 2008 presentation, David Anderson presents a brief history of the kanban system through case study reports from teams at Microsoft and Corbis. Kanban acts to limit work-in-progress and focus the team on achieving a continuous flow of value to the customer and innovates on accepted agile management practices by providing an iteration-less process with a regular release cadence.

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Martin Fowler and Dan North Point Out a Yawning Crevasse of Doom

Posted by Christophe on August 17, 2008

In this presentation filmed during QCon London 2007, Martin Fowler and Dan North talk about the communication gap existing between the developers and the customers or users. Closing this gap is extremely important in order to create successful software.

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Boris Gloger on “Heartbeat Retrospectives to Amplify Team Effectiveness”

Posted by Christophe on June 26, 2008

In this presentation filmed during QCon London 2007, Boris Gloger speaks about retrospectives. Agile development teams learn and improve by inspecting and adapting. High performing teams inspect and adapt not only their code and tests, but also their methods and interactions.

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Joseph Pelrine on “Dealing With the Organizational Challenges of Agile Adoption”

Posted by Christophe on June 15, 2008

In this presentation filmed during QCon London 2007, Joseph Pelrine talks about the challenges faced by organizations trying to adopt Agile methods. There are times when organizations fail to become agile, and Joseph offers some reasons why that happens. An important factor in Agile adoption is understanding and mitigating conflicts.

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