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What is Agile software development? Agile software development is a set of collaborative methods and practices for producing software code faster and more efficiently. In particular, Agile development ...

Everyone talks about agile development, but how does it really work? Learn how teams use scrum, kanban, and other agile methodologies to deliver better software. It’s hard to believe that the agile ...

Most organizations today practice some form of agile development, but it wasn't always so. To understand agile's success, it helps to look back to the heyday of the waterfall methodology and the birth ...

As I've worked with many companies and teams to get them started with agile or to become more agile, I've developed my own agile maturity assessment. By completing an initial assessment, the team has ...

Agile and Scrum are not competing concepts. In fact, to implement the Scrum methodology properly, you must approach it with an Agile mindset. To do Scrum right, product development teams must be Agile ...

While all of the recent Microsoft buzz centers on Windows 7, the company made a small but important announcement this week. At TechEd Europe in Germany, Microsoft announced that it has adapted its SDL ...

The agile project management philosophy values speed, collaboration, communication, and interaction. Here are some best practices for keeping agile security strong. Today’s hyper-competitive business ...

Agile software development is at the heart of the coalition government's plan to reform public sector IT. Universal Credit, the government's £2bn flagship welfare reform programme, was meant to prove ...