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	Architectural Patterns for an Efficient Delivery Pipeline[presentation] Slideshow Continuous integration has made development faster and more reliable. However, as codebases expand, organizations are finding that their build pipelines slow down dramatically. One of the most common reasons is that we often rebuild parts of the system that don't need to be rebuilt.	Abraham Marin-Perez
	Application Resiliency: Keys to Planning for IoT and the Cloud[presentation] Slideshow The technology storms continue to form and merge. The Internet of Things, software-defined everything, blockchain, and cloud computing are combining and recombining in new ways. To provide and consume trusted and resilient services, solutions must be defined and designed to accommodate...	Steven Woodward
	Agile at the Intersection of Mobile, Cloud, and the Internet of Things[presentation] Slideshow The Internet of Things (IoT) will be a $1.7 trillion market by 2020. Don MacIntyre explains how agile is being used in Internet of Things systems—often combined with mobile and cloud technologies. Don reviews how agile is successfully being used today in a wide range of development...	Don MacIntyre
	The Future of Scrum[presentation] Slideshow In the past two decades, Scrum has become the standard for agile development, with more than 90 percent of teams today using Scrum to deliver working software. But, as Scrum starts into its third decade, it’s not the fresh-faced process framework that came into the world in the summer...	Dave West
	Agile Leadership Strategies: Winning the War on Complexity[presentation] Slideshow Development teams are at war with complexity. A solo programmer's craft is difficult enough, but team development adds more volatility and ambiguity—what the U.S. military calls “the fog of war.” Derek Wade’s background in cognitive science has shown him that humans have innate skills at...	Derek W. Wade
	Visual Management Gone Wild[presentation] Slideshow A visual management system is a low-tech tool with a simple mission—to visually represent the work that the team is doing. When used regularly and correctly, it can be a project acceleration tool. However, teams often go wild with visuals, decorating every inch of free wall space with...	Nichole Vanderlaan
	Setting and Measuring Individual Performance in Agile Teams[presentation] Slideshow When software development teams work in waterfall environments, traditional performance management programs can help encourage personal development and innovation. However, Tina Rusnak says that when organizations move to agile, measuring performance takes on a new form that often causes...	Tina Rusnak
	Why Agile Works—and How (Not) to Screw It Up![presentation] Slideshow Agile practices can be the easy part of agile. Getting people into the agile mindset is often a greater challenge. Do you have a team member who doesn’t quite support agile or someone who’s playing along but not really committed? One step toward obtaining real commitment is a better...	Perry Reinert
	Why You Shouldn’t Automate – And Why You Will Anyway[presentation] Slideshow Automation has been touted as a way to speed up release delivery, improve quality, and reduce testing costs. However, what if there is a different side to this story? Come hear an opposing view to automation—and why it may actually cost your organization time, resources, and even quality.	Kevin Pyles
	Include Automated Testing in Your Definition of Done[presentation] Slideshow Even though most teams appreciate the benefits of test automation, it is commonly viewed as too time-consuming to be included as part of an agile sprint. This results in automation being done in isolation, typically months after the user story has been completed. This can lead to several...	Angie Jones
	Storytelling Techniques for Better Requirements[presentation] Slideshow Do you struggle with making your ideas clear and understandable to others? Does it annoy you to sit in requirements sessions for hours only to leave with more questions than answers? As human beings, we’re made for storytelling. It is a natural form of communication. So, Jeff Howey...	Jeff Howey
	Software Craftsmanship in an Agile Environment[presentation] Slideshow In the past two decades agile has become the popular development methodology. Businesses have been rushing to adopt agile processes because it promises to save money and deliver working software more quickly. However, for many businesses, software quality has not improved—and...	Chris McKenzie
	Adapting Your Organization and Teams for Agile[presentation] Slideshow As more and more companies and teams transform to agile, the challenges become more diverse and affect how teams execute and the personal careers/ambitions of team members. Agile transformation poses challenges that span product architectures, products modularization, execution velocity...	Nir Szilagyi
	Agile Test Automation for Data-Centric Applications[presentation] Slideshow Test automation is one of several key technical enablement practices that allow teams to be more successful in their agile journey. Although there are many test practices and automation tools available for software development teams to leverage, few are targeted to data-related development...	Lynn Winterboer and Cher Fox
	Finding the 'Seams': Making User Stories Smaller[presentation] Slideshow When we adopt agile practices and a lean mindset, we make great promises to ourselves but we often encounter difficulties in creating user stories that are of high quality and utility. Mitch Goldstein describes why user stories and their value are the currency of agile and lean software...	Mitch Goldstein

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