Last week, I introduced the subject of Agile software development, a methodology that enables rapid software development through a major shift in the way that software is designed and developed. Agile ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. For business leaders ...

Part two of this two-part feature looks at the business processes most suited to Agile & the need for Agile to be a company mentality. The Agile development methodology, while continuing to grow in ...

What is the best Agile methodology? Answering this question is a little like explaining what tool is right for the job without first knowing what the job is. All Agile methodologies share much of the ...

As organizations face growing demands for speed, quality and adaptability, traditional performance improvement methods and Agile development practices alone often fall short. While Agile methodologies ...

Ever since Fred Brooks described the failure of traditional management practices applied to software development in his world-changing book, “The Mythical Man-Month,” we have aspired to deliver ...

Ernie Smith is a former senior editor and journalist who has contributed to publications such as Vice Magazine. He is a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Collaboration ...

Editor’s Note: Over the past decade, agile development has proven itself as an effective approach for delivering software quickly, at high quality and responsive to fast-changing customer and market ...

You need to augment the agile process with a set of disciplines and technologies to get the full value of the agile methodology If you are leading or participating in an agile development process and ...