I’ve had the pleasure of spending the last three days at an Agile course run by Berteig Consulting. I’d like to seriously recommend Berteig’s courses to anyone interested in Agile . Far from the boring, un-engaging presentations that constitute many professional courses, this course was engaging from the moment I sat down on the first [...]
Why Agile Works
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October 29, 2010
Agile Tour Toronto 2010
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October 29, 2010
Architech Solutions had the pleasure of sponsoring and attending the Agile Tour Toronto conference this year, which ran on 20th October at the Toronto Board of Trade. The event was fantastic, very well run with lots of great speakers throughout the day. The keynote was by Martin Fowler who promised us, instead of one long [...]
7 Habits of Highly Defective Architects
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June 24, 2010
These are 7 despicable habits that enable highly defective architects to run their software projects (and their colleagues) into the ground. If instead you want to learn about highly effective software architects and the positive role they play in the development process, check out our white paper, The Importance of Software Architecture. Habit 1: Be [...]
MarketingTO: The digital customer experience
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May 27, 2010
People often want the latest shiny object, resist the temptation to give in to their demands. It will save you lots of pain and frustration in the long-term. Anybody can become a practitioner of user experience design regardless of resources and time. In fact, you can be a UX designer with the right tools to [...]
Why Agile? 10 good reasons …
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March 23, 2010
Business Value. Features delivered incrementally enable business benefits to be delivered early. Speed to Market. Agile supports early & regular releases of working code. Quality. Testing is integrated throughout the lifecycle. Visibility. Encouraging active “user involvement” gives a clear view of the project & product progress. Risk Management. Agile helps to ensure early identification of [...]