Verifying that your team’s DoD meets these criteria will ensure that you are delivering features that are truly done, not only in terms of functionality but in terms of quality as well. DoD is a checklist of valuable activities required to produce software. Definition of Done is a simple list of activities (writing code, coding comments, unit testing, integration testing, release notes, [...]

Pair programming increases software quality without impacting time to deliver. It can seem counter intuitive, but two (2) people working at a single computer will add as much functionality as two working separately except that it will be much higher in quality. With increased quality comes big savings later in the project. The best way to pair program is [...]

Motivation is intrinsic not extrinsic – traditional motivational approaches don’t work in Agile environments.  I can’t overemphasis the importance of the right motivators – see Daniel Pink’s book Drive in where he identifies the three factors that lead to better performance and personal satisfaction: Autonomy Mastery Purpose This relates to the way effective Agile teams work to these [...]