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Agile Myth #7: Agile Means No Documentation

August 12, 2021 - This is Calen’s eight post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to correct 12 common misconceptions about Agile Software Development. The Agile...
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Agile Myth #6: Agile Means No Upfront Design

July 15, 2021 - This is Calen’s seventh post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to correct 12 common misconceptions about Agile Software Development. First of...
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Agile Myth #5: Agile is Unpredictable

July 8, 2021 - This is Calen’s sixth post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to correct 12 common misconceptions about Agile Software Development. This is...
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Agile Myth #4: Agile Cannot Work with Fixed Budgets

July 1, 2021 - This is my fifth post in my 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions”, It’s based on the talk I gave at the first PSIA Softech...
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Agile Myth #3: Agile is Short Milestones

June 17, 2021 - This is Calen’s fourth post in a 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions” where he strives to correct 12 common misconceptions about Agile Software Development. This is...
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Agile Myth #2: Agile is Just About Project Management

June 10, 2021 - This is part of a series where Calen will discuss twelve common myths about Agile Software Development. See the whole series here. This is my third...
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Agile Myth #1: Agile is a Methodology

June 3, 2021 - Calen discusses why he thinks Agile itself is not a process. Rather, Agile is the values and principles that allow software development processes to be...
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Agile Myths & Misconceptions

May 27, 2021 - I spoke at SofTech, the Philippine Software Industry Association’s first Software Engineering conference. We had five hundred attendees! My presentation was entitled “Agile Myths and...
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Top 3 Improvements New Agile Teams Can Make

December 17, 2014 - If you’re new to Agile, here are three things to keep in mind to build a productive team. At first, I was planning to write...
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Jollibee #ChickenSad – An IT Management Case Study

August 14, 2014 - Editor’s note: Calen discusses the system migration issues Jollibee faced that allegedly led to inventory issues for the fast food giant. Here’s his take on...