One of the core parts of Agile is empowering your teams to make decisions and own the outcomes. It supposes that members of Agile teams are capable of solving complex problems rather than simply implementing a predefined solution. It supposes that teams can identify how they work best instead of being told so. And it … Read More
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I’m a big fan of Agile. Not because I hear cool people talking about it or because I make money writing about it. I’m fan of it because it works. Many would debated that claim. I’m sure if you searched the blog-o-sphere, you would find claims for and against Agile’s results. Everyone from professional Agile … Read More
About a year ago, I was working on a new feature for one of our projects at Bandwidth. It wasn’t just a new feature, it was the first of few a new features we were building for some of our internal users. We were all excited to be working on it, and ready to see what … Read More
Like many other Agile fans, I’m very passionate about Agile. I love it. I read blogs about it. I’m are constantly trying to spread the word and help others implement it. I’m a borderline Agile evangelist. Recently though, I’ve had a hard time convincing some of my peers that Agile is a good thing. Many … Read More
Writing user stories is important. They’re important because the way a story is written can affect all the other aspects of how that story goes through the software development lifecycle. Poorly written stories don’t just create confusion during estimation or implementation, but they become costly and time-consuming. And long to finish stories that bloat software … Read More
At the beginning of 2018, I was seriously thinking of starting a blog. I had a lot of ideas swirling in my head, and I wanted to find a forum to simply get those ideas on paper (or some medium) so I could get some feedback. I wanted to get some of my ideas out … Read More