7. Technology
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1 min readJun 10, 2014
Instead of reading a bunch of articles please get acquainted with the list of key terms which will be addressed during the meeting:
- Waterfall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model
- Agile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
- XP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming
- Scrum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development)
- Lean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development
- Kanban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)
- backlog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)#Product_backlog
- user story http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/user-stories
- stand-up http://www.jamesshore.com/Agile-Book/stand_up_meetings.html
- planning poker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker
- task-board http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/task-boards
- burndown chart http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/release-burndown/
- retrospective http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/sprint-retrospective/
- scrum master http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/scrummaster/
- product owner http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/product-owner/
- waste http://www.allaboutagile.com/lean-principles-1-eliminate-waste/
Question for self-check:
- How many of these terms did you not know?
- How many of these concepts/principles have you personally used in your work/projects?
Books recommended by the expert (Tatiana Vasilyeva, Product Manager at JetBrains):
- Ken Schwaber — Agile Software Development with Scrum
- Mary Poppendieck — Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
- Mike Cohn — User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
