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Methods & Tools - September 2014
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*** Books ***
Lean Mindset
Mary and Tom Poppendieck summarize the objective of the "Lean Mindset" book in the introduction: "we present a mental model of how to design and deliver amazing products that delight customers". Following the same idea that you should "be Agile" and not only "do Agile", the book explains how to build the mental model to act in a lean way, discussing the creation of a favorable environment and process.
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Reference: "The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions", Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Addison-Wesley, 180 pages, IBSN 978-0321896902
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*** Linkopedia ***
Software Development Linkopedia September 2014
Blog: The Developer is Dead, Long Live the Developer
Blog: Scaling Agile at Gilt
Blog: Technical debt 101
Blog: Behaviour Driven Development: Tips for Writing Better Feature Files
Article: Acceptance Criteria - Demonstrate Them by Drawing a House
Article: Actionable Metrics At Siemens Health Services
Article: Adapting Scrum to a UX Model
Article: Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful
Tools: Cedar - BDD-style testing using Objective-C
Tools: Crate - a real time SQL data store
Video: Core Software Design Principles
Video: Achieving Self-Testing Code
Video: Patterns: a New Standard for Scrum
Video: Aggregation in NoSQL Databases
Video: Integrating Your Java IDE & Gradle
Find more interesting links on the software development tools web site, the software development articles web site, the software development blogs or the software development videos web site.
*** Quote of the Month ***
The important thing is not your process, the important thing is the process for improving your process
Source: Henrik Kniberg, http://blog.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130820-What-is-Agile.pdf
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