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Why Agile’s Cultural Impact Can No Longer Be Overlooked

We take a look at why culture change continues to be a source of struggle for many teams who are attempting agile development and testing. We've known that changing or removing an existing culture is a difficult task, but how long will teams struggle with this task?

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Noel Wurst
Five Reasons Why Agile Can Fail

Unfortunately, some projects fail, even when using an agile development methodology. Instead of just rehashing horror stories, Joe Townsend attempts to get to the bottom of why these failures occur.

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Joe Townsend
Agile Survey Reveals Reasons behind Successes and Failures

VersionOne's seventh annual agile survey results were recently revealed. Much to the delight of practitioners worldwide, agile is still growing in popularity for a wide variety of reasons. But not everyone is on board. Learn where agile succeeded—and where it didn't.

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Noel Wurst
How to Scale Agile for Larger Teams and Organizations

Agile seems suited for smaller teams because of less bureaucracy and management overhead. So how do you implement, run, and achieve success with agile in larger efforts? The success or failure of scaling agile to large teams is based on your organization’s maturity as it applies to agile.

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Joe Townsend
Should You Embrace Agile Principles at Home?

Families struggling to reach a manageable work/life balance are often looking anywhere for help, but few look toward their employers for guidance when the answer may have been there for decades. We all knew agile benefited more than just software teams, but how many have applied it in our homes?

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Noel Wurst
Sluggish Economy Pushes US Government toward Agile Development

Facing massive budgetary problems, IT departments scattered across numerous US government agencies have turned to agile-based development practices in hopes of saving money and streamlining the development process. Learn how agile is truly adoptable at all project levels.

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Noel Wurst
Ways for You to Be More Successful in Agile Development

Joe Townsend provides some ways to be more successful in your agile efforts. Learning from those who have succeeded and failed is extremely valuable. And for those who are old hands at agile, it never hurts to get a refresher.

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Joe Townsend
The Failures and Successes of Agile Development

Exploring the main drivers behind using agile software development methodology, Joe Townsend writes of both the failures and successes that detractors and proponents of agile have faced.

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Joe Townsend