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Geoffrey Bourne

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Geoffrey Bourne is CTO at Ladders, the top professional career management site.

Company
Ladders
Job Function
Development
Job Title
CTO
Industry
Business Services - Consulting - Non-profit
Country
United States

Geoffrey Bourne is CTO at Ladders, the top professional career management site.

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The Marriage of Lean, Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP)Many flavors of Agile have emerged: Scrum, Lean, Feature Driven Development (FDD), and Extreme Programming just to name a few. These methods have numerous complementary and distinguishing features, but the gamut of choices can be confusing and disorienting - as if being told to choose the best from 31 flavors of ice cream. Return on Investment (ROI) is important to me, so Lean must be the answer. But wait, I also want to be agile with my business priorities so I’ll choose Scrum. We are left wanting a simple question answered: “Which Agile method should I choose for my organization?”
Agile Developer’s Journal: A Day in the Life

People are creatures of habit, particularly programmers: We seek consistency, whether it is the tried-and-true waterfall/SDLC method or our morning routine of reading the newspaper with a hot cup of coffee. Companies or projects looking to adopt an agile process neglect the fundamental concern of an individual developer: "What will my day to day look like working in an agile environment?"