Posts in 2018
  • Six Levers for better Agile Product Development

    2018-02-21 in 2018

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    Every company is a software company. Software is a key to success. This is the new reality in the digital world. How can you create better digital products and services? How can you delight your customers, your collaborators, and your stakeholders? …

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  • Scrum Guide 2017: What changed?

    2018-02-09 in 2018

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    The Scrum guide was revised in 2016 and got clarification concerning the core values. I was thrilled. Talking about values and mental models, you must have to successfully introduce and be agile is awesome. A new revision was published at the end of …

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  • One Way to Improve Your Scrum Approach

    2018-01-03 in 2018

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    You work using agile and lean approaches. Your collaborators are trained how to use agile principles. Techniques such as test-driven development, continuous integration, DevOps or clean code are regularly practiced. Your teams reduce their technical …

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  • Why is it so Cool to Develop with Java?

    2018-01-02 in 2018

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    Why is it so cool to develop software using Java, a modern IDE, and agile tools? Because the environment empowers you and incredibly speeds up your development outcomes. In seconds, you know if the next code increment adds value to your product. …

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Posts in 2017
  • Why Use Current Software Components?

    2017-12-22 in 2017

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    Often, teams discuss if their digital product should upgrade to the current version of open-source or commercial used components. The same discussion arises for development tools and programming language versions. I have a strong opinion about …

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  • Clean Your Desk and Define New Year Improvements

    2017-12-06 in 2017

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    It is Christmastime. Clean your desk and the content of your workstation. Upgrade your tools and your development environment to the actual version. It is time to add automated build pipelines, TDD, ATDD, and Docker to your toolbox. Embrace agile …

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  • Impediment List is of Tremendous Importance

    2017-11-23 in 2017

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    An impediment is any aspect hindering the team or a company to deliver value and higher quality to the customers. An agile organization continuously removes impediments. It is one of her major activities. This activity is ongoing and can never be …

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  • Agile Approaches and Fix Price Contracts

    2017-10-02 in 2017

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    The difficulty with contracts is that it is about trust. Here lays the roots for success or disaster. If no trust exists, the henceforth dreaded process is established. After tough negotiations, the development team starts but does not collaborate …

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  • Your Management Job in an Agile Environment

    2017-09-02 in 2017

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    You develop your software products using agile approaches. You are doing Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Lean Software Development, or LeSS. Your collaborators start asking questions about their organization, management roles, and critique the internal …

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  • Scrum Masters are not Administrators

    2017-08-06 in 2017

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    Readers know I am an early adopter of agile and Scrum approaches. I experienced how much more effective and fun it is to work in an agile team developing digital products. Lately I was asked if I was interested in working as a Scrum master [1, 2, …

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