James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

There’s no objective measure of software productivity [Fowler 2003], but from experience, I’d estimate a 10-20% performance dip at first. Another popular approach is the facilitator-coach , often called a Scrum Master , 3 who leads from the sidelines by facilitating conversations and resolving organizational roadblocks.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

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. Kent Beck concluded , Measure developer productivity? They tend to be passionate, senior developers. Not possible.

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LeanEssays

JUNE 5, 2015

In 1999, Kent Beck proposed a radically new approach to software development in the book “Extreme Programming Explained” (Beck, 1999). Put the tests into a test harness for ongoing code verification. Cross-functional teams: Development teams should include customer proxies and testers as well as developers to minimize handovers.

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James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2020

So, what allows me to do this—what allows me to do this show, this software development show every week, and what allows me to write this book—is the people who hire me for training and consulting. The contractor building VCF agreed to fix the problems, but only at the cost of an additional $56 million and another year of development.

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