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The Art of Compromise: Scrum and Project Governance

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By Mike Cohn on December 22, 2009 2:13 PM 29 0 Vote 0 Votes
The concepts of agility and project governance are not fundamentally opposed. Each is an attempt to improve the finished product. Scrum strives to do this through close collaboration and the short inspect-and-adapt cycles of the timeboxed sprints. Project governance strives... Read More..
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IBM to buy Lombardi

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By Jayaprakash Kannoth on December 16, 2009 10:21 AM 2 0 Vote 0 Votes
IBM Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Lombardi Software Inc., a company that makes software for automating back-office functions such as supply chain management and human resources. Financial terms were not disclosed. Also Check out ebizQ's 2010... Read More..
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IBM Updates Mashup Center

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By Jayaprakash Kannoth on November 3, 2009 9:05 AM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
IBM will soon release a new version of Mashup Center called Mashup Center 2.0 . This new release will help to speed up Mashup creation with any existing enterprise software installations like Microsoft Sharepoint, WebSphere MQ, Filenet P8, IBM... Read More..
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A Message Type Architecture for SOA

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By Jessica Ann Mola on October 23, 2009 11:15 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
From a Feb. 2009 InfoQ article by Jean-Jacques Dubray: How can data governance complement SOA governance? This is a key aspect of SOA governance that's often overlooked, argues Dubray. The first step that must happen before an effective collaboration can... Read More..

The Role of Project Managers in Agile

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By Jessica Ann Mola on October 22, 2009 12:12 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
This InfoQ article discusses the role of project manager in general and then maps it to the coach/facilitator role in Agile. Why are managers are required at all in any industry? 1.) To keep workers aligned with project goals, fine... Read More..
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SOA Governance Maturity: An Architect's View

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By Jessica Ann Mola on October 22, 2009 11:30 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Many organizations don't know how to successfully expand their SOA efforts from an integration solution towards an enterprise solution. That means service reuse is rarely achieved. In this InfoQ article, Tom Schepers and Benedikt Kratz argue that governance is a... Read More..
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Building an Agile Team

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By Jessica Ann Mola on October 22, 2009 11:10 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
What makes a software development team agile? According to Darren Hale in an Oct. 20 article on InfoQ, a successful team has the following components: * Skilled developers * Established team values * Good communication * Always looking to improve... Read More..
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Welcome to The Architect Insider!

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By Jessica Ann Mola on October 22, 2009 11:08 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Welcome to The Architect Insider (TAI), an online resource from ebizQ that drills down on enterprise software development. The content on this site will focus on best practices and solutions for the Software Architect, Senior Architect, Project Manager and Senior... Read More..
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The Architect Insider is an online resource from ebizQ that drills down on enterprise software development. The content will focus on best practices and solutions for the Software Architect, Senior Architect, Project Manager and Senior Developer. TAI will focus on Java, IBM Websphere, Oracle Fusion .NET, SOA, and Agile with articles, webinars, blogs and whitepapers.

Jayaprakash Kannoth

Jayaprakash Kannoth is Software Engineer at TechTarget. His areas of interest include business process management, enterprise architecture, business intelligence , cloud/infrastructure computing and technology in business.
The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not represent my employer’s views in any way.

Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn, founder of Mountain Goat Software, provides training and consulting on Scrum and agile software development to help companies build extremely high-performance development organizations. He authored two of the agile movement’s most respected books, User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development and Agile Estimating and Planning. He cofounded the Agile Alliance, Agile Project Leadership Network, and Scrum Alliance.

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