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CIO — Software development is prone to fads, going back to the days of "goto Considered Harmful." One current fad goes under the general name of " Agile methods ;" some of its variants are extreme programming , the SCRUM methodology and Alastair Cockburn's Crystal Clear Methodology . Now, I'm the last guy to run down Agile methodologies, but...let me tell you a story. About two years ago, I joined a project to build an appliance to Do A Good Thing. I'm changing the names and details to protect, well, primarily me, but innocents were involved. http://www.cio.com/article/442264/Cargo_Cult_Methodology_How_Agile_Can_Go_Terribly_Terribly_Wrong

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Constant Change» Blog Archive » Kanban Ground Rules Example for a Specific Team

http://aaron.sanders.name/agile-fashion/kanban-ground-rules-example-for-a-specific-team#Introduction Introduction (in kanji where means “visual,” and means “card” or “board”) is a concept related to lean and just-in-time (JIT) production. Kanban is a signaling system.