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It may come as a shock, but there are agile weaknesses. These are situations where a different approach brings a lower risk. These weaknesses also point to the strengths and attributes of a project…
Agile Philosophy, Not Hard And Fast Rules
We have covered a broad range of topics in our discussion of Agile. However, the goal of this approach is to fit your team and environment. Think of it as an agile philosophy and…
User Acceptance Testing
Welcome to the next episode in our new series “Integrating testing into your development flow”. Today we are going to be looking at “User Acceptance Testing”. In our last presentation we will be talking…
Django Website Basics – Models And Forms
This series looks at Python and Django. We continue our tutorials by exploring the steps to build a Django website. There are a few keys areas to understand, and then we are off and…
Using The Sprint Retrospective For Agile Improvement
The sprint retrospective is where we take the time to assess how we did and plan for improvement. It is essential for getting better. Unfortunately, running this activity can be challenging and easy to…
Sprint Planning – Setting The Scope
We have set a goal of delivering working software as part of every sprint. That requires sprint planning and deciding on what will be in or out of scope. In this episode, we look…
Django Models and Administration Features
Django gives us a robust set of tools for our database and administration of our application. This tutorial provides an introduction to Django models and those tools. We will look at how to create…
Sprint Grooming – Deciding on the Included Tasks
Several sub-tasks are needed for proper sprint grooming. They are essential steps in crafting a sprint plan. These tasks are not trivial and include such on-going difficulties as estimating the time or effort required. …
Scrum Ceremonies – Running An Effective Sprint
We have already touched on the scrum ceremonies. However, the way we perform each ceremony goes a long way towards embracing the Scrum process. Let’s take each item individually and examine how we can…
The Sprint Process – An Agile Approach
The sprint process is a popular way to implement the Agile approach to software development. Is has its detractors. However, there are many ways that this approach can split up a large project into…