Communication relies on context as well as message; without this shared understanding customers and programmers will miscommunicate. In this article William C. Wake lists 10 common statements and tells us what they really mean....

Alistair Cockburn defines scope and talks about using the four work products that bind the system s scope vision statement design scope drawing in out list and actor-goal list.n...

In this excerpt from his book Jim Highsmith looks at agility in software development and its success in other fields such as manufacturing; and explores the concept of Agile Software Development Ecosystems....

With all the fuss about Agile methods it s easy to forget about us programmers Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas look at what it takes to be a successful Agile developer....

Most of the agile approaches to project management and software development espouse a principle of simplicity or minimalism do less do better and do swarms as discussed in this article by Jim Highsmith of the Cutter Consortium....

Agile is all around us - and it actually has been for some time as Jim Highsmith points out in this article. So why is it suddenly so blisteringly hot...

Matt Simons presents the case for offshore agile development describing problems and benefits of agile approaches in this somewhat complicated situation....

Agile is in. Many processes and projects are jumping on the bandwagon and claiming to be Agile so what are the telltale signs that what you have is a traditional process just pretending to be Agile...

This essay details how AM can be used in conjunction with the various instantiations of the Unified Process UP . The following topics are discussed how modeling works in the Unified Process how good is the fit between AM and UP a case study adopting AM on an UP project and how that works....

This article discusses agile methodologies and recommendations. This article also discusses when agile methodologies work....

This paper discusses Agility. The topics include agile players the pros what the risks and shortcomings of the agile methods are what s the use and agile usability processes....

This pamphlet covers what agile models are and what isn t AM an AM overview values principles practices and recommended resources....

This is a PowerPoint presentation about Agile Development outlining what agile is how it got there methodology theory meets project details and getting misconstruing the message....

This chapter is a sample chapter from Agile Development Principles Patterns and Process. This chapter contains an in-depth exploration of the values and principles behind the Agile Manifesto....

This slide presentation outlines using agile development on urban planning....