avril 22, 2018
Agile failure modes and alternatives Agile practices don’t fail—rather the variations on Agile adoption fail”. What NOT to do while following certain practices in agile. There is no term like 99% agile. You are 100% agile or you are not – Check book commitment doesn’t support organizational change management. CEOs create within the company their […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile control limits Control limits Choose the control chart which is fitting for your data Determine the appropriate time period required for collecting the data and plotting the data collected Collect the actual data construct your chart and analyze the data Look for out for control signals on the control chart and investigate the cause […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile variance and trend analysis A variance is the difference between an actual result and an expected result. The process by which the total difference between standard and actual results is analysed is known as variance analysis. When actual results are better than the expected results, we have a favourable variance (F). If, on the […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile Problem Solving Problem solving steps Detecting the problem Pause and reflect on the problem Take the problem to the team Allow the team to act or not
avril 22, 2018
Agile frequent verification and validation Any iteration in agile development must produce artefacts, typically code, that pass the phase of verification and validation. Therefore, all iterations must have phases like this. For requirements and design, the verification and validation is the result of peer reviews with team members and with the customer For coding, verification […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile Continuous Integration Continuous Integration is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily – leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find […]
avril 22, 2018
Test driven development: TDD /Test first development Test driven development TDD /Test first development Extreme programming (XP) emphasizes Test driven development (TDD) Test Driven Development is primarily a design technique with a side effect of ensuring that your source code is thoroughly unit tested. However, there is more to testing than this. You’ll still need […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile technical debt and escaped defects Escaped Defects Escaped Defects are those defects reported by the Customer from production that have escaped all software quality processes are represented in this metric. Technical debt Technical debt is the amount of Escaping defects at a time. How proceed with Technical debt ? Escaping defects should then be […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile cycle time and lead time Cycle time Cycle time clock starts when work begins on the request, and ends when the item is delivered. Cycle time is a more mechanical measure of process capability. Cycle time is the time between two successive deliveries. To improve Cycle Time Reduce Number of Things in Process Improve […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile risk and spike Risk based spike : A spike solution, or spike, is a technical investigation. It’s a small experiment to research the answer to a problem. For example, a programmer might not know whether Java throws an exception on arithmetic overflow. A quick ten-minute spike will answer the question. Why use spike? Spikes, […]
avril 22, 2018
Accounting for Agile Project Labor Costs In order to understand the capitalization of agile development expenditures, we should return to the definition of an “asset” and “capitalization,”. The three stages of an IT project can be applied to agile as well as waterfall-developed software projects. Accounting An asset is defined as a potential future economic […]
avril 22, 2018
Agile project management vs Traditional project management Agile is a Different Philosophy Traditional project management : • Plan what you expect to happen • Enforce that what happens is the same as what is planned – Directive management – Control, control, control • Use change control to manage change – Change Control Board – Defect […]
avril 22, 2018
Value stream mapping What is « Value stream mapping » ? • Not Just Agile tool • Lean manufacturing technique • Illustrates flow, queues • Used to determine waste to be removed • Focus on value adding Value Stream Mapping Steps : 1. Identify product / service to improve 2. Create as-is value stream map 3. Identify […]
avril 21, 2018
PMI-ACP certification exam : points to know What does MoSCoW stand for ? « MoSCoW is a prioritization exercise techneque based upon putting features in the following categories: Must Have. Should Have this if it is possible to get. Could Have this if it doesn’t impact anything else above. Won’t have this time but would like […]
avril 21, 2018
Passing the PMI-ACP certification exam The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. It will make you shine even brighter to your employers, stakeholders and peers. The PMI-ACP® is a fastest growing certification, and it’s no wonder. Organizations that are highly agile and responsive […]