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The Great Agile Debates

Make sense of the trade-offs behind competing Agile practices to choose what works best for your team and context.

Introduction

 

Items

  • Story Points vs. No Estimates
  • TDD vs. Test-Last Development
  • Scrum vs. Kanban
  • Velocity vs. Flow Metrics
  • Definition of Ready vs. Continuous Refinement
  • Sprints vs. Continuous Delivery
  • Three Questions vs. Flow-Based Standups
  • Proxy Product Owner vs. Real Customer Involvement
  • Burndown Charts vs. Cumulative Flow Diagrams
  • Capacity Planning vs. Pull-Based Scheduling
  • Component Teams vs. Feature Teams
  • Backlog Grooming vs. Continuous Backlog Refinement
  • Sprint Goals vs. Backlog Commitment
  • Hardening Sprints vs. Built-In Quality
  • Servant Leadership vs. Delivery Accountability
  • Definition of Done: Minimal vs. Expansive
  • Cross-Functional Teams vs. Swarm When Needed
  • Swarming vs. Parallel Work
  • Timeboxing vs. Flow-Based Limits for Meetings
  • Planning Poker vs. Alternative Sizing Techniques
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