The goal of this article is to hear readers' opinions, knowledge and thoughts on this topic. And, most of all, to hear the best practices from people who use at least one of the methodologies in Agile Software Development.
I am using Agile methodologies since 1999, most of them being very popular: XP, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, TDD, Continuous Integration, BDD. I cannot say which one is the best and probably doesn't exist something like this. All of them have their own benefits and pitfalls. But I can tell that sometimes people (teams) are in love with one or more methodologies or, vice-versa, they do not want at all to use a specific one.
Thus, my assumption is that what it really matters is the whole environment: the biz owners, the executives, the development teams, the stakeholders, the project specific attributes, the used technologies etc. All of these factors, known as environment, will determine in a less or more conscious way the choices of the used techniques, part of Agile. This is also true when choosing Waterfall and its methodologies. So, at the end of this article, I have the same question: Which Agile methodologies (and frameworks) do you use and why? Please share your experiences and best practices.
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Srila Ramanujam
4/2/2016 03:47:09 am
During my BA career i have always found that not one methodology or practice can be just slapped to tackle every single situation all the time....so really it is nice to have that portfolio of tools to operate on people, situation and to tweak processes at real-time!
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4/2/2016 07:47:07 am
I'm in the same situation, Srila. Thank you for your opinion!
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Vijay L Reddy
4/7/2017 06:53:51 pm
I have used Scrum, Kanban and DevOps in different projects and found them to be working well for that particular project. Not sure if what would be the result if i had switched the methodologies between the projects. It would have been interesting to switch and check but not at the cost of our customers. I guess each have their own pros and cons.
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4/7/2017 11:28:35 pm
I had similar experiences, Vijay.
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Phil Y
4/9/2017 06:41:41 am
I'm a fan of Scrum (certified as both SM and PO) and frustrated because the lack of commitment and buy-in on the part of our business partners. Now DevOps is the next silver bullet our new COO is preaching about. Again, the tail trying to wag the dog.
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4/9/2017 07:43:47 am
Thank you for your comment, Phil.
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