10+ Best Articles on Agile
The most useful articles and videos on agile from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Agile Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on agile by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Videos
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Startup Lab workshop: How Google sets goals: OKRs
Google Ventures Startup Lab | GV partner Rick Klau covers the value of setting objectives and key results (OKRs) and how this has been done at Google since 1...
Eric Ries on The Lean Startup, the law of sustainable growth, lessons learned, and looking ahead
It’s a special TWiST Live for Ep600! Jason sits down with Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” and the upcoming, Kickstarter-backed, “The Leader’s Guide.”...
What is ...?
New to #agile? These articles make an excellent introduction.
Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agile: What is the difference?
What is the difference between Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agile?
How to ...?
How to Organize Your Entire Life with Trello
Trello is an awesome project management tool that makes collaboration easy and, dare I say, even fun. But this visual list tool can do so much more, whether you’re organizing work projects, family chores, travel plans, or just about anything else. Here are some ways to put Trello to use for managing your entire life.
How to Run an Empathy & User Journey Mapping Workshop
Introduction ¶ This article will teach you two popular design workshop techniques: empathy mapping and user journey mapping.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on agile—all under 10 minutes.
This Wild Video Maps the Entire Internet and Its Evolution Since 1997
In a new visualization, Barrett Lyon and the Opte Project piece together a roughly 25-year time-lapse mapping the internet’s explosive growth.
Agile Coaching (AC) at Spotify
At Spotify, change is a constant, and our agile coaches are here to help teams and leaders thrive as we evolve. With agile principles famously part of our DNA, Spotify doesn’t need “transformation…
«With agile principles famously part of our DNA, Spotify doesn’t need “transformation coaches,” as they are often known in the industry, but coaches who transform as organizational needs change.»
Scrum Has Failed the Developers
But there’s a way out of the misery
Here is how UX Design Integrates with Agile and Scrum
Despite having co-written an award-winning book on the topic and lecturing, teaching and coaching on the topic for nearly 10 years now, I…
What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
It puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on agile.
Journey Mapping is Key to Gaining Empathy
This article is for people who already have a basic understanding of journey mapping, but if you are totally new to the tool and how to…
You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy.
I recently read a story here titled “We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made.”
Agile Software Development: A History
How a group of programming rebels started a global movement.
Kanban VS Scrum - How to be Agile
Learn about the Kanban, Scrum, Agile development and why they are used in software development.
Why “Agile” and especially Scrum are terrible
Note: My first novel, Farisa’s Crossing, will be released in Spring 2019. Agility is a good thing, no doubt, and the Agile Manifesto isn’t unreasonable. Compared to a straw-man practice…
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