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📅 September 7, 2020

Self-Organizing Teams Produce The Best Results – An Agile Principle

We near the end of the focus on the agile principles with a bold statement. The idea of self-organizing teams producing the best results is a strong position. They are not merely better; they make the best products. I tend…

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📅 September 4, 2020

Simplicity – Avoid Doing Busywork

Simplicity is an integral part of satisfying the customer. Ideally, we would provide them a button to click that does everything they want. However, that is rarely possible. We build complex systems that require users to select how they want…

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📅 September 2, 2020

Good Design Enhances Agility

We have mentioned time and again that the goal of agile is satisfying the customer. However, each principle we explore provides ways to accomplish that goal. The principle we focus on in this episode reminds us that we are still…

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📅 August 31, 2020

A Constant Pace Indefinitely – Measured Development

Software development has high and low points. Likewise, there are hectic and “slow” times that we live with as part of our work-life. When you think of software development as a marathon, a constant pace is a goal. You want…

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📅 August 28, 2020

Working Software – The Primary Measure of Progress

There are times where it helps to state the obvious. The most glaring truths can be lost in the details when we forget to focus or reset. Working software as our goal is one of those truths that we need…

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📅 August 26, 2020

Face-To-Face Conversation – Efficient And Effective

The season of digging deeper into the Agile Manifesto continues forward to the sixth principle. Our primary focus is on satisfying the customer. However, we now shift into how our approach can achieve that goal. It is time to talk…

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