Test-Driven Development

Josh McKinzie Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Project Management, Testing 3 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.We all will agree that having good tests to exercise and validate a developer’s code is a good thing. Unfortunately, so often, writing unit tests is the last thing developers have time …

Anatomy of a Retrospective, Part Three

Ben Haith Agile, Articles, Project Management, Tutorial 4 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Part three in a three-part blog series. As previously mentioned, Retrospectives integrate well into the natural cadence of an Agile software development approach.  The three typical Retrospective rhythms are conducted at the …

Setting the Stage for The Agile Retrospective, Part Two

Ben Haith Agile, Articles, Project Management, Tutorial 2 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Organizational Culture of Collaboration and Feedback, the Facilitator, and Creating a “Safe” Environment Part two in a three-part blog series. Organizational Culture of Collaboration and Honest Feedback Among the tenets of the …

The Agile Retrospective: The Art of Looking Back to Move Forward, Part One

Ben Haith Agile, Articles, Project Management, Tutorial 5 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Part one of a three-part blog series. “The major problems of our work are not so much technological as sociological in nature.” [1] The above quote is a timeless summation that technology …

Making Java EE Software Development Agile, Overcoming the Disconnect

David Pitt Agile, Articles, Java, Project Management 4 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.If you want to go surfing but you live smack dab in Kansas, it could be a challenge. (Unless you want to go paddle in a lake.) If you want to create …