How did agile software engineering practices evolve? What were the initial software engineering practices, what were they based on, and what were the challenges that brought about the development of aging practices?This article will provide a brief introduction of how agile came to be developed. Note that [Continue Reading]
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To quote Ken Schwaber: "The minimum plan necessary to start a Scrum project consists of a vision and a Product Backlog. The vision describes why the project is being undertaken and what the desired end state is." (Schwaber 2004, p. 68). This is great, it seems so simple, a vision of what you want to build and [Continue Reading]
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