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  • Physical vs. Electronic Scrum Boards

    Physical vs. Electronic Scrum Boards

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    Wendy Gilbert
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    An agile principle is to prefer face to face communication – “the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” This can be challenging in teams with flexible working options or who aren’t co-located. My company prides itself in its flexible work policy and supports flexible work arrangements but…

  • Agile Data Warehousing Compared to Software Development

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    Wendy Gilbert
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    The best scrum teams are those with team members who are fungible, i.e., capable of mutual substitution. This is easier in some teams and organizations than others. In a perfect world, your scrum team would be made up of people who can analyse, map, model, code, test, etc. However, in most teams, especially those just…

  • Agile Manifesto and Principles

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    Wendy Gilbert
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    Agile software development is based on the Agile Manifesto which values: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan The most important take-away from the Agile Manifesto is that it puts the focus on the elements on the left…

  • Is Agile Data Warehousing Worthwile?

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    Wendy Gilbert
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    Data warehouses (DWs) built using waterfall methodologies are not doomed to failure. Despite the headlines we see of how often DWs fail, many of them do succeed. I worked on several DWs earlier in my career that used a traditional waterfall software development lifecycle (SDLC). In my experience, the projects were massively over schedule and…