Agile
16 items tagged with "agile"
Best Practices7
IBM Garage Methodology
End-to-end practices merging agile, DevOps, and design thinking for cloud transformation.
SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Scaled Agile Framework’s model for continuous exploration, integration, deployment, and release on demand.
Release Train Model
A delivery cadence where releases ship on a fixed schedule and any change not ready in time simply catches the next train, decoupling release timing from feature completion.
Definition of Done
A shared, explicit checklist of conditions a work item must meet to be considered complete, ensuring consistent quality across a team.
Scrum Framework
Scrum is a lightweight agile framework for delivering products in short, fixed-length iterations called sprints, using empirical inspection and adaptation to manage complex work.
Kanban Method
The Kanban Method is an evolutionary approach to managing knowledge work that visualizes flow, limits work in progress, and improves delivery continuously without prescribing fixed iterations.
Lean Software Development
Lean Software Development applies Lean manufacturing principles to software, emphasizing eliminating waste, amplifying learning, deferring decisions, and delivering fast to maximize customer value.
Anti-Patterns8
Scope Creep
Uncontrolled expansion of project scope after work begins, where requirements grow without matching adjustments to time, budget, or staffing.
Analysis Paralysis
Overanalyzing a decision or design to the point that no decision is made and no progress occurs, trading action for endless deliberation.
Death March
A project doomed by impossible deadlines or scope, pushed forward through sustained overtime and unsustainable pressure rather than realistic planning.
Water-Scrum-Fall
A hybrid where agile ceremonies are bolted onto a waterfall lifecycle, with up-front planning and big-bang release bookending a thin layer of Scrum.
Story Point Inflation
Estimates in story points drift upward over time so velocity rises without more real work, turning a planning aid into a gamed vanity number.
Feature Factory
An organization that measures success by the volume of features shipped rather than the outcomes they produce, optimizing output over impact.
Big Design Up Front (BDUF)
Specifying a complete, detailed design before any implementation begins, betting that requirements are fully known and will not change.
Gold Plating
Adding features, polish, or sophistication beyond what was requested or needed, spending effort on value no stakeholder asked for.