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Interview with Jim Highsmith: Aug 17, 2009; Israel Gat talks with Jim Highsmith, author of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Second Edition, about why he wrote a new edition of the book, approaches to Agile development, Agile adoption, risk-mitigation strategies, and more.

Interview with Kent Beck and Martin Fowler: Mar 23, 2001; In its own way, extreme programming (XP) is as filled with excitement -- and hazards -- as many extreme sports. In this interview, XP experts Kent Beck and Martin Fowler address questions about the world of extreme programming.

Interview with Ron Jeffries, Ann Anderson, and Chet Hendrickson: Mar 16, 2001; Extreme programming (XP) is becoming a very popular model for building applications, and even businesses. In this interview, XP experts Ron Jeffries, Ann Anderson, and Chet Hendrickson explain how the principles of XP can apply to more than just ...

Introducing Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: Sep 6, 2011; This chapter outlines the tenets of Agile Analytics and establishes the foundational principles behind each of the practices and techniques that are introduced in the successive chapters in this book.

Introduction to Agile Concepts in Real-Time and Embedded Systems Development: Aug 25, 2009; This chapter begins by considering why we need agile approaches to software development and then discusses agile in the context of real-time and embedded systems. It then turns to the advantages of agile development processes as compared to more traditional approaches.

Introduction to the ICONIX Process of Software Modeling: Oct 12, 2001; If you find the Rational Unified Process too large, and Extreme Programming too small, take a look at the use case driven ICONIX process, which sits nicely in the middle.

Introduction to The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions: Oct 16, 2013; Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck, authors of The Lean Mindset, show how lean companies really work and how a lean mindset is the key to creating stunning products and delivering amazing services.

Keeping the Code Clean: Sep 19, 2003; Is your kitchen a wreck? Your code probably is, too. "Uncle Bob" Martin explains why it's a bad idea to leave last week's "code spaghetti" drying on the dishes for cleanup later.

Keys to Successful Venture Capital Investing: Due Diligence: Dec 23, 2003; This chapter starts the beginning of what venture capitalists (VCs) call the due diligence process. That is, it describes the steps that an investor should take in researching an investment opportunity. This is a detailed process that takes weeks—sometimes months—of work. It begins when an investor is confronted with a business proposal and must decide whether the idea warrants further investigation.

Leading Agile Developers: The Seven Levels of Authority (Part 1): Jan 26, 2011; For managers to make the best use of self-organization in their business, they need to distribute control and delegate their authority. In this article, Jurgen Appelo, author of Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, describes the scientific reason to empowering people in the first of his two-part series.

Leading Agile Developers: The Seven Levels of Authority (Part 2): Feb 3, 2011; For managers to make the best use of self-organization in their business, they need to distribute control and delegate their authority. In this article, Jurgen Appelo, author of Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, describes the seven levels of authority and the “authority board” managers can use to delegate control to self-organizing teams.

Leading Lean Software Development: Systems Thinking: Dec 1, 2009; Learn how Systems Thinking helped Southwest Airlines succeed, the five questions to get you started with Systems Thinking, and why you need a product champion.

Lean-Agile Acceptance Test-Driven Development: An Interview with Ken Pugh: Jan 17, 2011; How does testing fit into an agile organization? Can you have both? And what does that look like? Matt Heusser interviewed Ken Pugh, author of Lean Agile Acceptance Test Driven Development, to find out.

Lean-Agile Acceptance Test-Driven Development: An Introductory Acceptance Test: Feb 16, 2011; Ken Pugh presents an example of an acceptance test, along with four ways that you can execute an acceptance test.

Lean-Agile Release Planning: Dec 10, 2009; Lean-Agile says the release plan must be driven by the needs of the business. To understand how to do this, you need to understand some fundamental concepts about process. Therefore, the chapter begins with a conversation about the issues that underlie process: predictability, level of definition, and requirements for feedback.

Manifestations: Scrumban Demystified: Jul 29, 2015; In this introductory chapter from The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban, Ajay Reddy describes the true essence of Scrumban.

Master of Scrum: An Interview with Mike Cohn: Aug 19, 2009; Mike Cohn reveals his experiences with Scrum transitions, the challenges of estimating software project duration and scope, Agile project management, and planning in collaborative environments - all while standing on one foot. Or, at least, he tries.

Mental Retooling for Agile Project Management: Dec 22, 2006; By stealthily employing some Agile principles, Dave Christiansen took his project team from pointless to practical. Here's the tale.

Mobilize: Rolling Out Scrumban: Aug 5, 2015; Rolling out Scrumban doesn’t have to require a lot of effort. In this chapter from The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban, Ajay Reddy covers how framework choices influence outcomes, offers a step-by-step guide to getting started, and explains how to use Scrumban to stabilize a team before you improve.

On Agile Management: An Interview with Jurgen Appelo: Nov 29, 2010; Is there a role for management in Agile organizations? Matt Heusser interviewed Jurgen Appelo, author of Management 3.0, to find out.