Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

So I went through SWEBOK Guide v3, published in 2014, to review existing KAs focusing on the “Software Requirements.” And written in 2014, it quickly became outdated. I barely heard about practicing RUP in 2014 because Agile methodologies were on the hype train then (and claimed to be dead soon, too).

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Vitality Chicago

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

If you want to stir people up, just call one of the popular agile approaches by the wrong label. We are Not an Agile Methodology! Not that long ago, the Disciplined Agile people underwent a change where they stopped referring to DA as a “process decision framework” and began calling Disciplined Agile a toolkit.

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Vitality Chicago

JANUARY 26, 2022

This article was originally posted on the Agile Alliance website. 2021 marked the 20-year anniversary of the publication of the Agile Manifesto. The waterfall approach was heavy on process and documentation and light on success rates. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Sustainable pace is an important agile principle. The Agile Manifesto defines it in the following way: “The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.” Many years ago, I was discussing a lengthy requirements document with the product manager in charge of a healthcare product.

Product Management 98

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Sisense

AUGUST 18, 2019

It’s designed to be agile and scalable, and it uses dynamic schemas so that you can create records without defining the structure first. It also supports hierarchical documentation of data. Postgres provides data constraint and validation functions, which help to ensure JSON documents are more meaningful. You read that right.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 8, 2019

Alternatively, you may want to unbundle one or more features into a new product, as Facebook did with Messenger in 2014 when the company released the messaging feature as a stand-alone app. Capture your decisions and document the new strategy for your product, for instance by creating a new, forward-looking Product Vision Board.

Digital 88

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Managed Agile

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The need to deal with uncertainty has been the primary driving force behind an Agile approach; however, there was a significant pendulum swing associated with Agile in the early years. Managed Agile Development – Making Agile Work for Your Business was published in 2013.

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