RFPs the Agile Way
My June column,"RFPs the Agile Way -- or -- Fear and Loathing in the Procurement Department", is online at

Agile Vs Traditional: What is the best approach? -- Mississauga, Jun
Toronto Agile User Group, voice of the GTA Agile Community, is pleased to invite you to an exciting session led Jas Madhur, from Sierra Systems,where five

Product Backlogs at Scale
My latest article"Product Backlogs at Scale: Using APMM to provide context to your adoption of agile practices"is now available online at

Sometimes higher quality leads to higher costs on agile projects
The mainstream agile community claims that investing in higher quality leads to lower costs, contradicting the theories of traditional development. For the

Requirements Specifications on Agile Projects
In the May 2009 issue of Modern Analyst I have an article describing how requirements specification works on agile projects. The article is published at

Roles on Agile Project Teams
I just posted an update to http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileRoles.html which overviews the common roles on, and organization structures of, agile teams from

Toronto, Apr 30: Agile By The Numbers
I'll be giving a presentation entitled"Agile by the Numbers: What People Are Really Doing in Practice"in Toronto on April 30th, from 6:30 to 8:30 at IBM's

Agile Videos with Grady Booch
Earlier this year I recorded a series of videos in 2nd Life with Grady Booch about agile development. The videos are all posted on Facebook (so you'll need an

St Louis, April 21: Evening with Scott Ambler
IconATG is hosting an agile evening with me in St. Louis MO on April 21st, starting at 5pm. The URL for the event is

Agile Process Maturity Model (APMM) in Practice
I recently wrote about how the APMM can be applied to help you to put agile practices into context, to help guide you through finding the right approach for

eBook: Agility at Scale: Be as Agile as You Can Be
Internet Revolution recently published an eBook that overviews agile software development and works through a fictional eCommerce case study. The ebook can be

The Executive Guide to Cloud Computing: What the Vendors Aren't Tell
I recently wrote an article on some of the challenges associated with cloud computing, including safety and security issues, which you may find interesting.

Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
My March newsletter, http://www.ddj.com/architect/216200102, overviews the Agile Manifesto as well as the new Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship. Definitely

Agile Scaling Factors -- More than just team size
There are eight factors (team size, physical distribution, organizational distribution, regulatory compliance, cultural or organizational entrenchment, system

The Agile Process Maturity Model (APMM)
I recently wrote about the APMM at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/ambler?entry=apmm_overview . The APMM defines three levels of process