Value-based Software Engineering helps to understand about measuring the value of software development. Useful for any measurement program or balanced scorecard for software development organizations.
The book Disciplined Agile Delivery by Scott W. Ambler & Mark Lines provides solutions for delivering software and satisfying the needs of all involved stakeholders, in a disciplined and agile way.
What kind of benefits can Agile teams bring for their projects, and how can you introduce agile teams into an existing project management organization?
Update: Created a list of Agile Self Assessments tools. Everybody wants to be Agile and Lean nowadays. But it's not being, but becoming Agile and Lean that brings benefits. The journey, where you learn and improve continuously is more important then the destination.
How can you steer product quality in Agile teams, using Fault Slip Through? By reducing quality risks based on decisions in the planning game when and how to invest in Quality.
What if you manage an Agile project, and your project sponsor wants you to commit to a delivery date, budget, and a fixed scope?
How can you reduce software maintenance, and lower technical debt? By throwing your bad software code away!
Agile teams have shown to be a great way to deliver high quality software products. The agile values favore quality, and there are several agile practices that are applied by agile teams to develop high quality software.
The Capability Maturity Model - Integration (CMMI) supports organizations in planning and implementing process driven improvements. The CMMI Roadmaps are an alternative approach, which delivers quicker and long lasting process improvement results.
Many books have been written about teams and team working – but very few pay attention to the needs of individual team members. The book "iTeam - Putting the "I" Back into Team" from William Perry does, and describes how you can build an effective team with individuals.
I expect that in 2012 the adoption of Agile continues, and we will see Agile and Lean more together to develop teams that deliver business value. And I expect Lean Startup to take off in 2012, to get companies in contact with their customers and deliver what they really need.
My wish for 2011 was to see more healthy organizations, with happy people. Did my wish come true? A reflection on 2011, and my renewed wish for 2012.