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Screwing Up Agile

Agile software techniques like Scrum and XP are increasingly popular; there are tons of resources on the web to help you do agile right. Tragically, there are very few resources to help you screw up an agile project.
This talk will show you how to ruin agile projects.

I will give you ten poison pills that have been field-tested for their corrosive qualities:

  • Wanting to succeed
  • Sprinting
  • Documenting source code
  • Choosing the best tools
  • Training developers
  • Improving precision
  • Applying the 80/20 rule
  • Enjoying the process
  • Keeping it simple
  • Practicing noology

I personally promise that these pills, used as directed, will destroy any agile project.

No prior knowledge is necessary! These techniques are usable by anyone: developers, managers, stakeholders, and customers.


Stuart Halloway

About Stuart Halloway

Stuart Halloway is a founder and President of Cognitect, Inc. (www.cognitect.com). He is a Clojure committer, and a developer of the Datomic database.

Stuart has spoken at a variety of industry events, including StrangeLoop, Clojure/conj, EuroClojure, ClojureWest, SpeakerConf, QCon, GOTO, OSCON, RailsConf, RubyConf, JavaOne, and NFJS.

Stuart has written a number of books and technical articles. Of these, he is most proud of Programming Clojure.

Learn more about Stu's presentations on his wiki.

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