In little more than a decade, Agile, Lean, Scrum and other modern methods have created amazing opportunities for the software industry to increase productivity, improve quality and, not in the least adapt to a changing environment. But what about the business environment to which the methodologies apply – have they […]
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The Manager’s Dilemma
A Framework for Managers in an Agile Organization Written by Vadim Feldman, Softhouse. Based on interviewing Ola Sundin, Agile and Lean coach at Softhouse, about his ideas for the mangers framework and Vadims on experiences in introducing the framework at a customer. “When an organization decides to become agile, they […]
The Need for Speed – interview with Jan Bosch
Professor Jan Bosch is the eloquent evangelist of speed in software development. His message is clear: if Scandinavia’s software industries cannot find ways to keep up and ultimately increase the pace, we will become second-class industrial nations.
Make Ready – the missing link in Agile projects
The Make Ready Process can be of great use to Agile software teams. Here Bent Jensen and Sven Bertelsen give an introduction, based on
their experience of Lean Construction.
Cost of Delay – interview with Don Reinertsen
Cost of delay (COD) is something we all need better understanding of. Don Reinertsen explains some of the mysteries of this elusive subject to Anders Sixtensson of Softhouse.