Wow, it's been a while. Hopefully, I can get back into the swing of posting now that things have calmed down a little at the new job.
Speaking of the new job...
One of the biggest challenges I face daily is finding a practical methodology for executing on 'Agile' projects. I'm not talking about whether I choose SCRUM or Extreme or some other developer-focused methodology but rather a link between the 'project' side of software development and the 'code' side. Most of my reading and experience with Agile leans heavily toward the developers and writing code. However, there is much more to a software project than writing code. How does a Project Manager manage an agile project? How does he monitor progess and stay on budget?
I mean to dive into this over the next few months and I'll be marking my findings here.
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Hey Adam. I recently read great document called "Scrum and XP from the Trenches". I always like reading trench stories related to technology and management and this document is well worth the read. SCRUM is really focused on the project management side of things while XP is focused on agile engineering practices. I found it introduced on TheServerSide, here. And here's a link to the original PDF (which is now deprecated and, unfortunately, requires you to create a site account to access it): http://www.crisp.se/henrik.kniberg/ScrumAndXpFromTheTrenches.pdf
Read Ken Schwaber's "Agile Project Management With Scrum" if you are serious about trying to adopt Agile project management in your enterprise. It will show you how to modify your project scheduling and scope management process to work with development processes such as the iterative development cycles.
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