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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

There’s no objective measure of software productivity [Fowler 2003], but from experience, I’d estimate a 10-20% performance dip at first. If there’s no budget for help. it surpassed scheduling and functional expectations, while still coming in on-budget. 3 The name “Scrum Master” originated in the popular “Scrum” method.

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

In 2003 and 2004 Google engineers released three groundbreaking papers: Web Search for a Planet: The Google Cluster Architecture, [4] The Google File System, [5] and MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters. [6] Scrum [20] introduced iterations. But Scrum has failed to evolve fast enough.

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Cross-Functional Teams in Product Development: Definition, Principles and Examples

Altexsoft

In practice, cross-functional teams often use Agile development methodologies like Scrum , Kanban , XP , etc. The world-known cloud computing service of Amazon was intoduced by a small dedicated cross-functional team of specialists who worked as a part of Amazon’s infrastructure group in 2003.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

1 To succeed with Agile, follow these steps: 1 The method in this book is primarily based on Extreme Programming, but it also draws inspiration from Scrum, Kanban, Lean Software Development, the DevOps movement, and Lean Startup. Give each team responsibility for their budget, plans, and results. Make a formal proposal.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

This is a transcript of my keynote presentation for the Regional Scrum Gathering Tokyo conference on January 8th, 2025. Martin Fowler wrote an article in 2003 titled Cannot Measure Productivity. Just like real Agile and real Scrum is too extreme for most companies. It was September 2023 and my CEO was asking me a question.

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The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition

James Shore

Software projects were over-budget, late, didn’t meet requirements, and—according to the oft-quoted and ominously named “CHAOS Report”—a third of them failed outright. Completed on time, on budget, with all features and functions as originally specified.”. It’s still over budget. Let’s fix that. Agile’s Genesis. Challenged.

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AoAD2: What is Agile?

James Shore

Software projects were over-budget, late, didn’t meet requirements, and—according to the oft-quoted and ominously named “CHAOS Report”—nearly a third of them were cancelled outright [Standish 1994]. It’s still over budget. Let’s fix that. Agile’s Genesis. In the 1990s, software development was believed to be in crisis. But look closer.

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