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Virtually
Agile
by Astro Sabre
(read about it at: http://www.slnn.com/article/drdobbs-thursday-sept20/)
the
powerpoint or pdf
version
The pace of change in the Internet is
fast. That's a "no-brainer" - I know that most people
involved in the latest technologies understand this, the question
is: How do we deal with the rapid change and quick turnaround
? It's not easy. Our users aren't going to "go away"
and come back in two months when
we've finally implemented some new feature
or glitzy object. Users of virtual worlds like Second Life are
perhaps even more demanding; expecting an even greater rate
of change.
These ever increasing expectations have placed new demands
on the world of traditional Software development; forcing changes
in how they develop, test and deploy new software systems. The
term "Agile" refers to a mindset change in how we,
as software engineers, go about our work. Agile implies an incremental
approach to development that, rather than a step-by-step approach
to the traditional development cycle, we do a little of everything
each step of the way
in an effort to become more responsive to change and the fast-paced
world in which we operate.
In this presentation I will discuss what it means to be Agile
and how we have adopted these methodology's as we continue to
evolve and support one of Second Life Islands at IBM, the Virtual
Branch Office. I'll discuss how we manage change in this fast
paced world, using remote development teams that (sometimes)
have little to no understanding of what Second Life is.
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