Improve Agile Processes and Practices

Once Agile processes have been adopted for some projects, there is often tremendous interest across the organization. This interest may include teams that are looking to adopt Agile process for their projects, but often also includes teams that are reluctant to get on-board for one reason or another. Additionally, consistent education and improvement of the Agile processes for existing Agile teams is an important component of any Agile process.

The Agile Resource Center provides a wealth of information and educational material about how to improve and scale Agile development processes. This includes Webinars and White Papers developed by some of the most experienced Agile experts in the industry, as well as recommended links to blogs, websites, and books to help you improve your Agile processes.

• SCM for Scrum
  Scrum is becoming a very popular project management method for agile software development. Scrum values self-organizing- and cross-functional teams, and because of this, there should be no roles within the team, i.e. no designated Configuration Manager. Obvious questions that arise are; Who will handle the Configuration Management?
• Breaking the Major Release Habit
  Keeping up with the rapid pace of change can be a daunting task. Just as you finally get your software working with a new technology to meet yesterday's requirements, a newer technology is introduced or a new business trend comes along to upset the apple cart. Agile software development processes were developed to meet the challenges of ever changing requirements.

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• Agile development: It isn't just for small projects
  by Colleen Frye
• Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, and Ken Schwaber
• User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn
• Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber

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