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Key Agile Patterns – Set Your Team Up For Success

We continue a review of key agile patterns with more ways to make sure it all goes right.  Each pattern is possibly overstated.  However, we need these to be a part of our process to get the benefits of an Agile approach.  As always, when we veer away from these patterns, we increase our odds of failure. Product Ownership We have mentioned the product owner as a role in Scrum.  We need this person to provide decisions.  That may seem trite or simplistic.  Nevertheless, an Agile project often requires someone to make a decision.  That may be a user experience opinion or a key business direction built into the solution.  Analysis paralysis is far too easy to fall into when... Read more

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Patterns For Agile – Templates for Success

In this episode, we continue a tour of patterns for Agile.  We will see definitions we need to set as well as tools for success.  A deeper review of this can be found on the DZone web site.  However, this should give you a good start on a checklist of items to include.  When you skip any of these, you reduce your odds of a successful Agile project. Increments We have talked about this before.  However, it is important to call out as one of the patterns for Agile.  We need to set the incremental schedule we will use for things like sprints and the related estimates.  The team works better when they can plan based on set time frames. ... Read more

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Best Practices for Creating An Agile Infrastructure

These days everyone wants to be agile. In fact, agile is now considered essential for survival in the emerging service-driven economy.  It has stoked fear in big organizations that have invested years, if not decades, in building the monolithic data environments that are anathema to agility.  Therefore, we need to consider the best practices in building an Agile infrastructure. The enterprise is accepting the “adapt or perish” mindset that is the first step in digital transformation.  Yet, it is important to note that agility is not only dependent upon an abstract, cloud-based infrastructure.  It requires changes to processes, business models, and the very fabric of the organizational culture. Agile History In terms of software development services, agility as a concept... Read more

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Agile Patterns – Make The Most of The Process

We take a look at Agile patterns as we come to the end of this season.  There has been a lot of content covered.  However, we do not want to move on without looking at tools for implementing these practices.  Fortunately, there is an excellent DZone article on Agile patterns for those that want to dig deeper into these. Avatars An avatar is exactly what you might expect on a project.  It can take the form of a magnet, a pin color, or a miniature of some sort.  It could even be a playing piece from a board game.  This pattern aims to give each dev team member a limited number of items they can work on at a time. ... Read more

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Build Test Frameworks with Test Scenario, Test Case, and Test Data

In this episode, we will be covering how to build test frameworks using a lot of the best practice techniques using Java, Selenium, Maven, and TestNG. However, due to the extent of the material this presentation will be presented in two parts going over the ins and outs of building your project structure and how and why you should separate the different units of work. Therefore we will start with the first part covering “How to Build: Test Scenario, Test Case, and Test Data“. Finally, concluding with “How to Build: Assertions, Builders, Controllers, Page Objects“ in the final video. Some of the Topics Covered in Build Test Frameworks with Test Scenario, Test Case, and Test Data: The importance of listeners.... Read more

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Scrum Management Anti-Patterns – A Vote of No Confidence

The focus on anti-patterns continues with this episode.  We have touched on some of these challenges in other examples.  However, these scrum management anti-patterns are special in that they often point to a lack of confidence in the process.  That can reduce morale and the team’s dedication to the process.  It can rapidly devolve into a negative monkey see, monkey do situation. Going Around the Scrum Master There are several reasons why a team member is tasked with specific work.  However, these directives can reduce the team’s ability to self-organize.  Micro-management of a Scrum team shows a lack of respect for the Agile process and can quickly lead to the team working for their boss.  This lack of teamwork reduces... Read more