Back in November I blogged about our company trialing Kanban, “Let’s all jump on the Kanban” which we have now extended to our Documentation Team – something described by David Joyce as BBC Kanban Flu. We ...Read More
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Agile Software Development – One Size Doesn’t Fit All
As I mentioned in part I of this series, Adoption of Agile at Caplin, when we first started following an agile methodology (in our case Scrum) in February 2005 we were desperate to implement it successfully and wanted to adhere to ...Read More
An Estimate is not a Guarantee
The statement that an estimate is not a guarantee might sound obvious but it often feels anything but. Over the years I have frequently heard managers complain that something has taken longer than was anticipated and have been told to improve ...Read More
Designing a kanban board – not as simple as you might think
Last month Emin Tatosian posted an article about agile team-board layouts in which he showcases one of our more successful board designs. It's fair to say that we don't always get it right ...Read More
Agile Framework Development
At times it seems that the philosophy of agile software development is at odds with that of framework development. Given the amount of print and web space dedicated to agile methodologies, it's incredible how little is dedicated to this topic. It's ...Read More
Let’s all jump on the Kanban
We have been using agile methods - a typical mix of Scrum and XP - for some years now at Caplin. Though all of us have had some level of formal training and many years of ...Read More