Jonathan Kohl » agile

I wrote an article for Modern Analyst that describes some of my process thinking over the past several years. They asked for a piece on post-Agilism, but I prefer talking about value now, so I wr...

http://www.kohl.ca/2009/content-pointer-the-next-wave-valuable-products-first-process-second/

I wrote a piece for SQE’s Iterations newsletter. It was published today and is available here: Jonathan’s Agile Experience Column. The back story: I was joking with editor Joey McAllister abo...

http://www.kohl.ca/2009/content-pointer-choose-your-own-agile-adventure/

Back in June, I presented a keynote at the Better Software Conference called “What’s More Important: Being Agile or Creating Value?” SQE have posted the video. The video is just over 50 min...

http://www.kohl.ca/2009/video-whats-more-important-being-agile-or-creating-value/

Scrum Challenges A couple of posts that describe how many teams are flailing and failing with Scrum: James Shore: The Decline and Fall of Agile Rob Bowley: Lean is the new Scrum, and it will fail...

http://www.kohl.ca/2008/interesting-posts-on-agile-challenges/

One of the Post-Agile ideals I have witnessed and encourage is the breaking down of walls between methodology camps. When teams apply practices, processes, rituals and tools from Agile methodolog...

http://www.kohl.ca/2008/a-post-agilist-concept-end-methodology-wars/

What is it? The Short Version Software development process fusion involves taking different kinds of processes and tools and utilizing a combination on your project to help you reach your goals. ...

http://www.kohl.ca/2008/software-development-process-fusion-part-2/

Jim Coplien has an interesting blog post: Religion’s Newfound Restraint on Progress. If you are interested in “Agile Testing” and Test-Driven Development, this post is worth a read. Coplien...

http://www.kohl.ca/2007/a-software-religion-strikes-again/

Philippe Kruchten has written an excellent article: Voyage in the Agile Memeplex for ACM Queue. I recently reviewed the article, and I’m pleased to see it published and freely available on the ...

http://www.kohl.ca/2007/cooler-heads-must-prevail/

Edit: Update – Jason Gorman weighs in with his thoughts in: Post-Agilism Explained. What is Post-Agilism? This requires a two part answer. Post-Agilism is: a growing movement of former Agilists...

http://www.kohl.ca/2007/post-agilism-frequently-asked-questions/

When I was in university ten years ago, it seemed that Total Quality Management was all the rage in business schools. Terms like employee empowerment, quality control, quality circles, lean manuf...

http://www.kohl.ca/2006/whats-new/