In modern development, it's common to conflate Agile and Scrum. After all, both development approaches emphasize iteration, collaboration and flexibility to deliver increased value to the user.

Explore how sprints fit within Scrum, how Scrum events work, and why other Agile approaches also use time-boxed development cycles. Explore the differences between relative story point estimation and ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

In recent years, the Agile methodology has taken the software development world by storm. Agile is a project management approach that prioritizes flexibility, collaboration and adaptability over ...

The problem with Agile, SCRUM and DevOps – and all abstract solutions – is that expectations are always set too high toward unachievable goals. Requirements management and applications development are ...

Agile has proven a polarizing force since a group of veteran software developers first proposed it in 2001 as a reaction to traditional “Waterfall” development, which they perceived as slow and ...

New research shows that more and more companies are turning to agile business methods to achieve a competitive advantage. Here's why. CollabNet VersionOne, last month published research revealing why ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Historically, agencies have sometimes ...

Ernie Smith is a former senior editor and journalist who has contributed to publications such as Vice Magazine. He is a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Collaboration ...

Explore how sprints fit within Scrum, how Scrum events work, and why other Agile approaches also use time-boxed development cycles. Explore the differences between relative story point estimation and ...