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I am excited to announce availability of my book "Agile Release Planning" on Amazon Kindle platform. Check out, download yourself OR pass on the link to your...
Dear All, A very interesting presentation about 'user story' and 'user map' by Jeff Patton (Mumbai 2010) http://www.viddler.com/explore/naresh_jain/videos/36...
Hi, As part of the UK agile testing user group, I'm doing a free talk in the evening of September 20th on agile product management using effect maps that might...
Dear All, You must see this too :) (it's about 'discovery' versus 'delivery' and it touches a lot the concept of 'ideation' and 'design thinking) I added more...
Oops, I forgot to add the link :) http://www.viddler.com/explore/naresh_jain/videos/35/ Thanks, From: Essam Badawi Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:18 AM To:...
Interesting article.. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/08/12/agility-is-not-enough-beyond-the-manifesto/ 1. Shift from an output to an outcome The...
Essam, thanks for the link to Steve Denning's blog post. I'm a big fan of Steve's work around moving Agile values up to the board level of companies. For...
The guys from Popular have designed a nice poster illustrating the effects of Specification by Example on software projects. I will give away large copies of...
Dear All, A group of good presentations (of Jeff Patton) provided by a good conf-site.. http://confreaks.net/presenters/44-jeff-patton Thanks, "If I'd listened...
It took me a while to read it but I'm finally finished. It was a great read and quite useful. I used some of the reasonings and explanations with my client...
After a story is selected, I tend to use a standard pattern for acquiring acceptance criteria. I brainstorm with client first. Then I do a more focused...
Hi All, Any feedback regarding the following point: What are corrective actions you might take if the story size changes during development? (in the agile...
Hi Essam, ... What do you mean by "corrective"? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Wisdom begins when we understand the difference between "that makes no sense"...
Any actions related to the estimation process, contracting way, etc., or even handling that case by case (depending on the situation) and how to do that. Maybe...
Essam, One of the benefits of iterative development is that you can find out much faster than in waterfall whether your estimates are incorrect. The estimates...
I think that the example is good. I'm currently working with a client who sees the value of the clarity that BDD provides. Thus, they are adopting it at an...
We had deep discussions a year ago on the role of the BA in Agile. Many of you were just delving into Agile but hadn't had much experience with it. At that...
Instead of "trying to find and analyze problems in order to get rid of them and make improvements," it's more easy and more effective that you rather "set what...
Instead of "trying to find and analyze problems in order to get rid of them and make improvements," it's more easy and more effective that you rather "set what...
All learning ultimately derives from mistakes. When we do something right, we already know how to do it; the most we get out of it is confirmation of our...
Identifying and defining the three basic types of traditional management: the reactive or reactionary, the inactive or conservative, and the proactive or...
Essam, Thanks for emailing the references to Russell Ackoff and his work in transforming the idea of management. Sadly, Russell passed away a couple of years...
Hi all, I don't think we've formally let you know yet: Mary Gorman and I have just published a new book, _Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning and...
Hi, just a quick note: my designers have finished the cheat-sheat poster for impact mapping. It's huge (35x23in), contains all the key aspects of how to get...
