Three backlogs?

Now I know some people dislike backlogs – queues, wait states, work we want done – and I buy the…

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A role for project managers and business analysts in Agile?

I was in Krakow last week at the PAM Summit of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and International Institute of…

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Testing triangles, pyramids and circles, and UAT

A few months ago Markus Gartner introduced me to the Testing Triangle, or Testing Pyramid. It looks like this: If…

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To estimate or not to estimate, that is the question

Disparaging those who provide software estimates seems to be a growing sport. At conferences, in blogs and the twitter-verse it…

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Requirements and Specifications

As I was saying in my last blog, I’m preparing for a talk at Skills Matter entitled: “Business Analyst, Product…

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11 Agile Myths and 2 Truths

I deliver a lot of Agile training courses and I give a lot of talks about Agile (BCS Bristol tonight).…

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