The agile and lean approaches to software development have much in common, but they also have some fundamental philosophical differences This succinct book explains how to you can apply the practices ...

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The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

Proponents of Agile and lean software development methodologies say they are becoming more popular than traditional sequential methods in corporate app-dev groups, but implementation of a pure Agile ...

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When it comes to agile software development methodologies -- such as Extreme Programming , Scrum, New Methodology, Dynamic System Development, Lean and others -- it often seems as though Extreme ...

The ability to adapt and deliver value quickly is a key differentiator for success (and ultimately, a satisfied end user) in Agile software development. This is where Scrum, a “set of values, ...

The Japanese word Muda loosely translates as waste. The core element of lean manufacturing is to eliminate waste–or, in more North American terms, to “cut the fat.” While applying lean concepts to ...

What is Agile software development? Agile software development is a set of collaborative methods and practices for producing software code faster and more efficiently. In particular, Agile development ...