Blogs & Websites


The Scrum methodology marks a departure from waterfall development. Learn the principles of the scrum methodology and other agile scrum methodologies and how they can benefit you. “For many developers in the software industry, the agile methodology is nothing new. Most folks know that agile was a direct response to the dominant project management paradigm, waterfall, and borrows many principles from lean manufacturing. In 2001, as this new management paradigm began to pick up momentum, agile was formalized when 17 pioneers of the agile methodology met at the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and issued the Agile Manifesto.” http://scrummethodology.com

Agile methodology is an approach to project management introduced by Dr. Winston Royce. Agile development methodology provides many opportunities to access projects throughout the development process. “Agile methodology is an approach to project management, typically used in software development. It helps teams respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental, iterative work cadences, known as sprints. But before discussing agile methodologies further, it’s best to first turn to the methodology that inspired it: waterfall, or traditional sequential development.” http://agilemethodology.org

Learn how agile programming is an approach to project management, the history of agile programming, and why you should use the agile programming methodology“Agile programming is an approach to project management, typically used in software development. It helps teams react to the instability of building software through incremental, iterative work cycles, known as sprints. But before turning our discussion to the details of agile programming, it’s best to start at the beginning with the project management paradigm that preceded it: waterfall, or traditional sequential development.” http://agileprogramming.org

Thoughts and Perceptions on Agile, Lean and related software development methods. “Many thought leaders have recommended organizations to follow “team performance ratings” rather than “Individual performance” ratings. Many books and blogs have been written about the topic. Even though I have read the cons of individual performance ratings in the past, recent story that I heard from a friend reinforced my belief about the negative impact of “individual performance ratings” on morale of the employees.” http://agileworld.blogspot.com/

Agile Project Management Open-Source and Free Software “This site is created by TargetProcess, company that develops commercial agile project management and bug tracking software. We hope that you may find required tool among open source projects, but if not, visit our web site to check very cool features of professionally maintained solution.”

http://www.agile-tools.net/

The online community for Agile Business http://www.agilejournal.com/

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