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Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.

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Should we document stand-up meetings?

Does it add value? Do people later look at the documentation of the meetings? If not, then it just a waste of time. And I seriously doubt that they are. Writing a document that nobody reads is a waste …
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What to do about "Failure Driven Development"?

You're mentioning that you are striving for agile, so I'll take it from the perspective of scrum, which is the agile process I know best. … But since he is called a project manager, and not a product owner, I am led to believe that he is burdened with other tasks as well (traditional, non-agile, management tasks?) …
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Can you be Agile without doing TDD (test driven development)?

You can be agile, but there is probably room for improvement. One of the principles in agile is that you must be able to respond to change. … In my own agile team I have been struggling with developers writing code that they believe would become useful later in the project. …
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Some team members don't actively participate in Sprint planning

What is your sprint duration? Longer sprint durations lead to More work to plan in the sprint, which leads to Longer planning meetings, which leads to Higher difficulty for team members to stay foc …
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Is there a reason beyond Fibonacci why Planning Poker doesn't involve a 4?

For a nice introduction to agile estimation, I can recommend this presentation by Mike Cohn: Part 1 Part 2 …
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What do you think of "Planning Poker"?

After having used planning poker for a few sprints, the management finally realized what all us developers had known for months, we will not finish in time. Planning poker, or more accurately, story …
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How can I get the business analysts more involved in BDD?

You shouldn't force the business analysts to use Visual Studio to get your BDD process running smoothly. This is a tool for developers, not for the business. SpecFlow has a command line tool that can …
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How do you track what you and your team are working on day-to-day?

As Robert Harvey suggests, don't micro manage your team. Give the team some prioritized tasks with concrete business value and let your team figure out best how to deliver this business value. If th …
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In an enterprise setting, does one apply BDD principles alongside of, or instead of, "tradit...

I think that there is a common misconception as to what BDD means, that BDD means that we are now writing our tests using tools like Cucumber, SpecFlow, etc instead of traditional unit tests. That i …
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In agile development, should I try persistence in flat file before database?

In agile, business value is in focus. You create a product in order to deliver business value to some end users. … The agile projects I have worked on have not deferred the data access strategy. But it has been decoupled, allowing us to change it along the way. …
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Is it possible for a one-man start-up to follow agile methods like Scrum?

I think taking an entire process like Scrum is overkill. But that doesn't mean that you should adapt some of the practices. In particular, story based planning would be a great thing to adapt. Becaus …
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What makes Agile software development so appealing?

After starting agile planning, the project leader still had an optimistic appraisal of the situation. … So agile practices also make reality clear a lot sooner. …
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At what point would you drop some of your principles of software development for the sake of...

Secondly, if you want to pursue TDD projects, and perhaps getting more experience with building agile teams, then working on this project is not going to help you strengthen those skills. …
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