So much has been written on Agile Development, its methods, practices and benefits to a software development team. If you are not fielding calls from vendors wishing to present to you on Agile/Lean methods, perhaps you are already implementing Agile within your organization. As with most IT methodologies, there have been a great many passionate and alternative views expressed, ranging from the appropriate levels of dogma, to the historical influences of other methodologies to the “post Agile movement” and what that [...]
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The majority of IT leaders will at some point find themselves in the midst of a conflict between the needs of their business partners and development teams, and the real-world requirements of managing a large systems infrastructure. The conflicting goals of these groups may have caused simmering frustration just below the surface for some time, then bubbling up with new pressures on software development timelines (go faster!), budget pressures or even the recognition that there is now real competition for [...]
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