Invested Development » Agile http://devblog.stuartthompson.net Thoughtful Approaches to Software Architecture Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:08:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Secret to Organizational Agility http://devblog.stuartthompson.net/2008/12/the-secret-to-organizational-agility/ http://devblog.stuartthompson.net/2008/12/the-secret-to-organizational-agility/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:25:32 +0000 stuartthompson http://stuartthompsontech.wordpress.com/?p=99 Mike Cottmeyer wrote an excellent article about the importance of eliminating dependencies in agile projects:
http://www.leadingagile.com/2008/12/secret-to-organizational-agility.html

How many times have the following been true:

  • “Many teams are trying to sprint through product development using a traditional MRD or PRD.”
  • “Many teams are working with traditional project managers who are doing their best to be agile, but have been trained to manage dependencies and tell people what to do.”
  • “Teams are trying to be agile with tightly coupled software architectures, insufficient test coverage, legacy code bases, and unable to do a daily build.”

Removing dependencies is a key step that can be taken towards a truly agile development environment.

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