Category: Agile
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Celebrating World Usability Day 2015
World Usability Day “occurs annually to promote the values of usability, usability engineering, user-centered design, universal usability, and every user’s responsibility to ask for things that work better. The day adopts a different theme each year”. 2015 is the Ten…
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Agile and Predictability
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a hybrid of Crystal Clear, DSDM, XP, and Scrum; the most common Agile methodologies, but seeking to improve things for non-software teams. I sat on the train earlier, commuting to the office, looking…
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Just Enough
My recent post on Crystal Clear caused a bit of a stir. One of the common threads was around “Just Enough”. In 1996, the product team I led at Reuters transitioned over to DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method) from RAD…
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Approaches, Lets Try A New Blend
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Crystal Clear, DSDM, XP, and Scrum; the most common Agile methodologies, with distinct approaches and philosophies. It was good, but could it be improved? I sat on the train earlier, commuting home, looking…
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Distinctiveness in Approaches, is it Crystal Clear
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Crystal Clear, XP (Extreme Programming), and Scrum; common Agile methodologies that have distinct approaches and philosophies. It was good, but not good enough. I neglected to add DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method). Considering…
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Distinctiveness in Approaches, its Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear, XP (Extreme Programming), and Scrum are all Agile methodologies, but they have distinct approaches and philosophies. Here are my key takeaways that make Crystal Clear unique compared to XP and Scrum: Simplicity and Minimalism Tailoring Over Prescription People…
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Crystal Clear
“Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams” by Alistair Cockburn is a lightweight Agile framework designed for small, co-located teams. I recently wrote a blog post on its use from a non-software perspective. I’ve had some questions sent in…