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Collaboration and Reuse - Sept 2006

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Written by Liz Barnett   
Friday, 08 September 2006 05:19
Reuse and CollaborationCollaboration and reuse lie at the heart of every Agile project. To deliver quality software, teams must rely on each others' knowledge and feedback. Of course, there's never time to start from scratch - refactoring and leveraging existing assets are mandatory parts of an effective process. It's also great to see reuse truly be a means to an end, rather than seeing companies just promote a "reuse initiative" as a general goal. What's most interesting to me, however, is how distributed Agile projects implement collaboration and reuse. In this issue, we'll hear some experiences from highly distributed onshore and offshore Agile projects and how they've succeeded.  

 

To start, Kirk Knoernschild presents an "Agile Matrix" for cross-pollinating teams with process and technology expertise. Kevin Parker describes how the next generation of application lifecycle management tools must support micro- and macro-level development processes. And John Cunningham shares his company's best practices in delivering complex distributed Agile projects.

I've mentioned how offshore firms in Eastern Europe and Russia have adopted Agile processes. Andrew Filev discusses how dedicated teams and effective tools have made offshore Agile projects successful in Russia. And Peter Vaihansky has transformed a traditional waterfall project to XP and a Russian offshore team.

And, hot of the shelf: the results of the VersionOne Agile survey sponsored by the Agile Alliance are in. Take a look at how the Agile industry has matured and how companies are finding success. As always, if you would like to contribute an article on this or another upcoming topic, go to the "Letters to the Editor" in the forum at AgileJournal.com.

Liz Barnett
Editor in Chief
editor@agilejournal.com

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