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	<title>RB Consulting's Blog &#187; Agile</title>
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		<title>Scrum and Kanban &#8211; the agile way</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2010/11/scrum-and-kanban-the-agile-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the umbrella of agile practices, people enquire about the scrum methodology and the kanban technique as regards their similarities, their differences and potential benefits using one over the other. This blog looks at the characteristics of each, potential scenarios where one or both could be used to best advantage and finishes with a video of Jean Tabaka providing her perspective on both methodologies.]]></description>
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		<title>Self organisation a key ingredient for scrum</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2010/08/self-organisation-a-key-ingredient-for-scrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the principles of the Scrum approach to agile development and project management is self-organisation. The benefit(s) that occur when a team self-organises include improved performance and creativity within the team.  I have decided in this blog to use two video clips which discuss the principles of self-organisation, how to roll it out in an organisation and some differences with traditional project management.]]></description>
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		<title>Technical debt can be managed</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2010/08/technical-debt-can-be-managed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agile development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme programming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technical debt is a metaphor that refers to the consequences of allowing low quality software coding to go unchanged. Ward Cunningham, one of the pioneers of extreme programming, coined the phrase to convey the potential risks of taking short-cuts when developing and testing code for an application. Ward's first law states that lowering code quality lengthens development time. Whatever the form, the negative impact of technical debt on your development team decreases their throughput. get out of this spiral, strong executive sponsorship is needed.]]></description>
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		<title>What a scrummaster does</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2010/04/what-a-scrummaster-does/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a previous blog, I wrote about the principles and advantages of agile development and I would like to continue on that theme with a post on the role of a scrum master. A scrummaster&#8217;s responsibilities The scrum master is; First and foremost, a facilitator to the project team, to ensure that all ideas/views from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agile development – what and why ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2010/02/agile-development-%e2%80%93-what-and-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agile development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was completing my scrum master training with Jean Tabaka, we started the course with an interesting discussion on what we thought Agile development and Scrum was and wasn&#8217;t about. This discussion illustrated some valuable points for project teams that in today&#8217;s business world, have to be more responsive, flexible and creative when delivering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project management &#8211; facilitating good team performance</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2009/07/project-management-facilitating-good-team-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2009/07/project-management-facilitating-good-team-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With some Agile methods for project management, particularly in the Scrum approach, the project manager should be more of a facilitator in working towards a series (iterations) of successful software releases. With this facilitative style in mind, I have listed, what I think, are important areas/tasks for an &#8216;Agile&#8217; project manager to focus on when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agile development &amp; Iterations</title>
		<link>http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/2009/07/agile-development-iterations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rbconsulting.ie/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agile Development assisting in the rapid delivery of high quality software I believe that the main principles of Agile Development can Help application development projects bring practical benefits on today&#8217;s challenging business environment. Fit very well with the user centered design approach. In particular I would like to focus on the principle of iterations. An [...]]]></description>
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