Watch the video from the first edition of Bucharest Agile Talks, where Flavius Stef picks a winner in the battle of Scrum versus Kanban. Or does he?
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Picture taken in the same at Global Day of Coderetreat 2014, in Bucharest This year, Peter Kofler invited me to facilitate Global Day of Coderetreat 2014 in Vienna. The event was hosted by Frequentis and sponsored by Frequentis and I TAKE Unconference. The event was setup to be a challenge for any facilitator. About half
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User story slicing is a key agile practice, yet many teams my colleagues and I work with struggle with it. The stories they create often are too complex, unclear or without a clear value attached to them. There are many ways to deal with this situation: workshop, coaching, learn by trying or reading various materials
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As we were sharing in an article in Today Software Magazine (Adrian Bolboaca & Alexandru Bolboaca) our views about software craft, we came to the fact that Test Driven Development is one of the core practices for software crafters. Besides the increasing number of articles, blogs, short movies or books on this subject, Test Driven Development (TDD)
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Last week, a friend of mine asked an interesting question: “Have you ever seen a code base without compromises?”. We debated for a while and very quickly realized that this question is meaningless. The first thing I’ve learned about engineering (and, as a result, software design) is that any solution has advantages and disadvantages. Any
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This article was published first in Today Software Magazine, no 28. Below it’s the full version. The author: Alexandru Bolboacă Why Agile? “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Confucius ** Unpredictability I have seen in my 15 years career as a developer, technical lead, project manager, freelancer, trainer, agile/lean/technical coach and again developer many
I have made a new step towards becoming a journeyman while participating for the first time at SoCraTes Germany on 7th-10th August. It was one of those experiences that made me say that being a developer is interesting, challenging, rewarding and fun. 2 days of coffee breaks The unconference consists of 2 days with open space sessions
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Our colleague Flavius Stef talked at the business track of the Agile on the Beach conference (UK) about using the principles of Lean Startup into product development to reduce waste. The conference took place on the Cornish coast, and had over 300 attendees who enjoyed the sessions together with more than 40 speakers. The key
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The Sprint has finished and the team has several incomplete stories. Is it ok to present partial work during the Sprint Review?
Should you demo incomplete stories in Sprint Reviews? Read More »
Do we need a full time Scrum Master or is it a part time role?
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