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Agile2009 - Introducing Agile in the Very Large: Microsoft Developer Division’s Journey
Sam Gucikenheimer delivers a session at the Agile 2009 Conference, August 24-28, Chicago, IL, USA. Description: In 2005, Microsoft’s DevDiv (with 2000 participants and 40 million lines of code) overhauled its engineering practices to improve agility, quality, and customer satisfaction. Four years into the journey, customer satisfaction has increase... More...
Agile2009 - The Scrum Bestiary: Pigs, Foxes, Chickens and Seagulls a behavioral taxonomy
Ade Miller delivers a session at the Agile 2009 Conference, August 24-28, Chicago, IL, USA. Description: Our ability to identify patterns of behavior and the likely reasons behind them helps when addressing team dynamics issues. The popular Scrum characters chicken and the pig turn out to be just two of many behaviors that comprise the Scrum Bestia... More...
Agile2009 - Distributed Agile Development: Experiments at Microsoft patterns & practices
Ade Miller delivers a session at the Agile 2009 Conference, August 24-28, Chicago, IL, USA. Description: Most agile methodologies tend to assume that the team is co-located in a single team room. They give little guidance as to how to address team distribution although proven practices are starting to emerge within the community. The Microsoft patt... More...
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