The business value of agile methods
I’ve been reading again… this time it’s The Business Value of Agile Software Methods: Maximizing ROI with Just-in-Time Processes and Documentation by David F. Rico, Hasan H. Sayani and Saya -J. Ross Publishing © 2009 (Amazon) What is the business value of agile methods? That is the question what the book I’ve been reading is all about… and
Eve – Game development with Scrum
It is always hard to find good talks on how an implementation was done of a new tool or methodologies. In case of Scrum I found this one on Eve, a video game for which the developers changed to Scrum. Eve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven persistent-world MMORPG
RUP – Certification of a completed course
I’ve done a training at IBM education and received a certificate for following this course. Of course, the value of this certificate can be questioned, but I still think it is a good thing to have. If you have been sleeping in class, you would also have received this certificate, but in case your interest
Scrum resources – what and who to follow?
It might be hard sometimes to find good documentation on a topic like SCRUM. Therefor I have created a small overview of what I find to be good sources of information concerning SCRUM: Guides/Introductions: The Scrum guide The Scrum Guide, which represents the official Scrum Body Of Knowledge, was written by Ken Schwaber and Jeff
Book Review: Scrum in action
If you’re starting out with studying SCRUM, the first things you should do is get to know the basics: the roles, flow, responsabilities, processes, artefacts etc. But people often have a need for extra information like: What are the financial terms to be used How to obtain the buy-in of other people in your organisation
Scrum: The product backlog and estimation techniques
Creating a product backlog isn’t an easy thing to do and alot of people have questions on how they should do it or what they should keep in mind. One of the things you can do is keep these two words in mind: SMART and CUTFIT. They both stand for some interesting rules to keep
Book review: The elements of Power
The elements of power is an inspiring book that, besides giving an analytical view on the different types of power, actually turned out to be a real page turner. I read this book in less then a week and must say that I liked it a lot. The writer, Terry R. Bacon starts in his
Implementing Scrum in an organisation
I got the opportunity to study project management methodologies like Prince 2 and RUP. I was also given an introduction in Scrum and, as I was a developer for several years, see the potential of this great framework for software development teams. I’m currently not working in a software development firm, but want to try
Scrum and Scrum Roles
For those who don’t know what Scrum is: Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects. Scrum originally was formalized for software development projects, but works well for any complex, innovative scope of work. The possibilities are endless. The Scrum framework is deceptively simple. (click here for a 30 seconds introduction by Scrum Alliance)
New website design for Joris De Ryck
Hi, I’ve been creating some design the last months and here is one more that I created for a friend of mine. Joris De Ryck is a contractor located in Londerzeel, Belgium focusing on: saintairy installations, heating installations, sun boilers. Visit his site www.jorisderyck.be and take a look at the result. The texts and content will
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