Agile Archives - IntelliTect Complex Software Development - Simplified Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:51:50 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://intellitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Agile Archives - IntelliTect 32 32 Agile Demystified: 7 Metrics to Assess Your Agile Practices https://intellitect.com/blog/demystified-agile/ Tue, 21 May 2019 00:53:28 +0000 https://intellitect.com/?p=35223 Evolution of Agile Development Agile development has evolved to become the norm for software projects. Many organizations are practicing agile with fantastic results. However, sometimes results are less than stellar. Assess your company’s agile practices with this quick checklist. Score 1 point for every answer you agree with. 1. Number of unit tests: Increasing Your… 

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]]> Scrum Master Check-In: The Sprint Retrospective https://intellitect.com/blog/scrum-master-check-in/ Tue, 21 May 2019 00:50:48 +0000 https://intellitect.com/?p=35197 Simple Tricks to Improve the Sprint Retrospective New to Scrum? No problem. Scrum is an agile methodology that allows developers to create working software early and often. Scrum Masters are servant leaders; we seek to guide one or many agile development teams through the Scrum process by facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing team impediments, and orchestrating… 

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]]> Starting the DevOps Journey https://intellitect.com/blog/start-devops-journey/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:40:46 +0000 https://intellitect.com/?p=33632 Is Your Team Ready for DevOps? DevOps, or Development and Operations, is the integration of the people, process and tools required to deliver high-quality software in an agile manner from concept all the way to production. In its simplest terms, these practices holds a development team and operations team together so that they understand what… 

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]]> Part 2: Scrum From a QA Perspective https://intellitect.com/blog/scrum-from-a-qa-perspective-part-2/ Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:52:11 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=22271 Analyzing Scrum Part 2: There is an excellent blog that describes software development as engineering a bridge: Imagine joining an engineering team. You’re excited and full of ideas, probably just out of school and a world of clean, beautiful designs, awe-inspiring in their aesthetic unity of purpose, economy, and strength. You start by meeting Mary,… 

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]]> Should Your SCRUM Team Assign Story Points to a Spike? https://intellitect.com/blog/should-your-scrum-team-assign-story-points-to-a-spike/ https://intellitect.com/blog/should-your-scrum-team-assign-story-points-to-a-spike/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:17:32 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=19171 The Great Debate Our team has been discussing the pros and cons of assigning points to a Spike and determining our approach. In case you are unfamiliar with the term Spike (in regards to agile development), the definition, according to agiledictionary.com, is: A story or task aimed at answering a question or gathering information, rather… 

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]]> https://intellitect.com/blog/should-your-scrum-team-assign-story-points-to-a-spike/feed/ 2 Part 1: Scrum From a QA Perspective https://intellitect.com/blog/scrum-from-a-qa-perspective/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:49:22 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=18861 Fulfilling the Role of a QA Engineer I work QA but am not solely on a QA team; I am a member of a Scrum team. Like the other members, this means I am a part of the development team, I just happen to specialize in QA practices. This is the first position at which… 

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