The concepts of Agile methodology and continuous delivery have become popular in software development, yet they are somewhat less mature among DBAs and database developers. Shay Shmeltzer, director of ...

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This excerpt explains the importance of taking a business-focused, stakeholder-oriented view of application development, summarizes the economies of application development, and explains the ...

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Shallow backlogs, missed commitments, low morale, and defects may indicate your agile process needs more than a few minor tweaks. Do you call your agile development process “fragile,” “hybrid ...

In recent years, the Agile methodology has taken the software development world by storm. Agile is a project management approach that prioritizes flexibility, collaboration and adaptability over ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Everyone wants to be agile these days. In fact, agile is now considered essential for survival in the emerging service-driven economy, and this has stoked fear in larger organizations that have ...

Everyone talks about agile development, but how does it really work? Learn how teams use scrum, kanban, and other agile methodologies to deliver better software. It’s hard to believe that the agile ...