For many developers, QA automation engineers, and site reliability engineers participating in agile development teams, the delivery work starts by defining user stories and committing to complete them ...

Creative Director of ArtVersion, a Chicago design consultancy. We craft ideal user experiences for the world’s most innovative companies. Molding a project from beginning to end is often best crafted ...

Lately, the term "continuous" has popped to the top of vendors' and pundits' lists as the software architecture we all should and want to have. The problem is that many assume "continuous" means rapid ...

There’s a lot of hype out there about Agile design. In the interests of full disclosure, I’ll admit that some of that hype has even come from me. I am a strong proponent of Agile thinking because I ...

Agile work has become increasingly popular in recent years as organizations seek to improve their productivity and responsiveness to change. The agile approach emphasizes teamwork, collaboration and ...

Antipatterns are no longer purely framework-based and more pernicious as a result. Many antipatterns are the result of poor interactions between the Agile team and the wider system. Systems Thinking ...

Shallow backlogs, missed commitments, low morale, and defects may indicate your agile process needs more than a few minor tweaks. Do you call your agile development process “fragile,” “hybrid ...

Back in 2022, I wrote about the triple threat of additive, agility and automation—three forces that were already reshaping manufacturing and product development. Fast forward to 2025, and these trends ...