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Understanding the Unified Process
Understand how Unified Process fits with current software development approaches Describe the key features of the Unified Process Understand the best industry practices and how they solve major software development problems Describe the principle artifacts, disciplines and roles used in Unified Process throughout the lifecycle Describe the key features of business modeling, requirements capture, analysis and design, implementation and deployment workflows Describe some of the challenges of Unified Process Projects The Unified Process is one of the most popular ways in which to build object-oriented
DevelopMentor Courses - Friday, June 12, 2009
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Visual Studio Team System
Use VSTS to enforce best practices of software development Understand the VSTS tools and how and where they fit into the project lifecycle Learn how VSTS can be configured to use different software methodologies Use graphical modeling tools to create a system design and validate its deployment Employ test-driven development to produce robust code Harness the power of source control Learn how to manage testing and track bugs Set up a project portal to access all project documentation Manage databases with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Schedule Builds with Team Build Use
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SPA London, Tom Gilb and the doom of Agile
I’m planning on going to SPA London session next week , Tom Gilb is giving a talk entitled “Does real Software Practice Advancement need yet another 'Manifesto'? ” He’s being quite provocative, look at this from the synopsis: "AGILE HAS DOOMED ITSELF - TO BECOME YET ANOTHER FAD: XP IS ALREADY DEAD. What is Seriously Wrong with Agile practices and interpretations - why AGILE, AS CURRENTLY PRACTICED, is PROJECT-failure-prone as a culture." I think Tom is both right and wrong. He is right that projects need more of a value driven approach, he is right that Agile is a fad but he is wrong to say XP is dead or Agile is doomed.
Allan Kelly's Blog - Thursday, August 27, 2009
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CMM & Agile
I’ve finally, about 6 months after everyone else, got around to reading the Software Engineering Institutes report on CMMI and Agile. Second, the report seems determined to identify an “Agile Institute” to mirror the Software Engineering Institute. It seems to spend a lot of time talking about the authors of the Agile manifesto and founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network. Entitled “ CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! ” the report argues that CMMI and Agile are not only compatible but complement one another.
Allan Kelly's Blog - Saturday, August 15, 2009
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Intermission
Broadly my activities fall under the heading: Agile Coach, Interim Manager, Consultant and Training. Here are some examples of how I have recently helped software development teams improve: • Agile & Scrum training, more details on the Software Strategy website . • Coaching for teams adopting and running Agile - broadly equivalent to Scrum Master • Interim Development and Project Management: whether to adopt Agile or to rescue a project; I get involved for On the whole I don’t use this blog to push myself – maybe I should. As I finished
Allan Kelly's Blog - Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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  • Notes on a Kanban software development experience
    I’ve mentioned the Kanban software development method in this blog before. For those who don’t know its “the new kid on the block” in Agile circles - although the originator (David Anderson) would be quick to point out it is designed to be a Lean development method. What I found was: it works, and I feel it is a better models of my own approach to software development than other methods. Last year I did some consulting with a large online travel agency. I was involved with helping five teams “get Agile.”
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Thursday, January 29, 2009
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  • Agile software development: a prototype for all knowledge work?
    I’m convinced that software developers (programmers, testers, product managers, etc. Worse still, I think those that manage these people fail to recognise them as knowledge workers . So, we get discussions about “the software factory” and we hear managers describe how they can make their “factory” more efficient - as if the developers were working on a production line. Last week I reviewed Thinking for a Living , I’d like to pick up one or two points raised in this book and discuss them a little further. These are not points exclusive to Davenports
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Sunday, May 14, 2006
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  • On project management
    I finished my last entry by taking a swipe at project management and even project managers. That was probably unfair but the fact is I am not a fan of project management It could be a career limiting move to speak against project management but I feel I should say something to explain my sideswipe, I should explain my thoughts. Of course I'm not naive enough heretical think projects “just happen" - there needs be some I am not alone in my views, but they are somewhat heretical. In their book “Lean Software Development” Mary and
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Thursday, October 6, 2005
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  • Christmas reading: Classic essays on software development
    There are many, many books about software development. The ones about project management take up a bit less space but they are still plentiful, and the ones about people in the process take up even less space but are longer lasting. It is the later category that interests me most theses days. Arguments made by Conway explain much of what actually happens in software development. The technical ones alone (e.g. Java, C++, Apache, .NET,
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Saturday, December 22, 2007
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  • The start of the end for Agile software development?
    On the one hand Agile software development has won the war. Therefore nobody wants to admit they are not agile and consequently we are all agile. A few agile practises like test first development and stand-up meetings are becoming much more common than the others. For me the true test of agile is that the team is learning and changing, if you are not holding retrospectives, if you are working the same way you did 6 months ago then you are not agile.) Business does not see agile IT the same way Agile (and its cousin Lean) are moving into the mainstream and becoming the accepted norm.
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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  • Managing requirements in Agile development
    I make no apologies for blogging again about Product Management because it is important and because, on the whole. So Product Management is a long run play. The other is that Agile methods largely originated with developers who generally tend to underplay the role of requirements. (The As I said in my previous entry, Agile methods have a very simplistic view of determining what needs doing. In the short run the Alignment Trap tells us that it is better to focus on doing things right, but in the long run Lean thinking tells us we have to do the right thing - remember
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Sunday, November 2, 2008
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  • Requirements: The next challenge for Agile
    Lets get one thing straight: I’m not saying requirements don’t matter. What I’m saying it: when the context is a broken development organization the most important thing is fixing the delivery process. Anyone who thinks I don’t value requirements should look at all the postings on this blog about the importance of Product Managers . those who are trying to move to Continuing my follow up to my latest tell of the Alignment Trap in the Agile Journal and on InfoQ . In which case, you can, and should, take liberties with the requirements process.
    Allan Kelly's Blog - Monday, February 23, 2009
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