Tag Archives: Atern

Degrees of agility

Posted on April 29, 2012 by aterny

Google “agile software development” (and by the way, any company that gets their name turned into a universally-used verb has seriously ‘made it’) and you will find literally hundreds of thousands of articles and blogs telling you exactly how to … Continue reading →

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You can’t just pick and choose agile practices

Posted on November 25, 2011 by aterny

DSDM Atern can be thought of as a Framework (the handbook calls it that), or a Method​. It comprises a Philosophy, underpinned by eight Principles and supported by defined Processes, People (Roles and Responsibilities), Products and Practices. Like any other … Continue reading →

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Integrating Agile into PRINCE2

Posted on June 14, 2011 by aterny

Back in July 2010, I received an email asking me to comment on a white paper which described “the benefits of running PRINCE2 and DSDM together and to provide a general overview on how to achieve this”. To put this … Continue reading →

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Atern principle 4 – Never compromise quality

Posted on April 18, 2011 by aterny

Let us first define what we mean by Quality. Atern recognises that there are two elements to quality. * Solution Quality – the solution delivers customer satisfaction. It meets the business need, and meets standards set for it at an … Continue reading →

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Atern Principle 2 – Deliver on Time

Posted on April 4, 2011 by aterny

Atern’s second principle is “Deliver on Time”. What, I hear you ask, is different about that? Every project in history has aimed to deliver on time. And a lot have failed. True, but what makes Atern different is that it … Continue reading →

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Atern Principle 1 – Focus on the Business Need

Posted on March 28, 2011 by aterny

This is fundamental to Agile, not just Atern. It implies a focus on the immediate need of the Business as a whole, not just what is in a plan published six months ago. That plan will probably have changed. It … Continue reading →

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DSDM Atern Principles

Posted on March 25, 2011 by aterny

DSDM Atern has just 8 underlying principles. They are: 1) Focus on the Business Need 2) Deliver on Time 3) Collaborate 4) Never Compromise Quality 5) Build Incrementally from Firm Foundatioms 6) Develop Iteratively 7) Communicate Continuously and Clearly 8 … Continue reading →

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Bad Governance – I have the cure

Posted on March 21, 2011 by aterny

Someone on Twitter pointed me to this article which contains a link to a video of an interview with Dr Jon Whitty in which he compares a peacock’s tail with a Gantt chart. Yes, I know – totally batty. But … Continue reading →

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Estimating & Progress Reporting

Posted on March 7, 2011 by aterny

We estimate projects for two reasons: 1) To plan work 2) To monitor progress against that plan On agile projects, estimation is usually done differently to traditional (waterfall) projects. But I am still seeing two distinct camps within the agile … Continue reading →

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Agile Project Governance

Posted on March 3, 2011 by aterny

First a brief background. Shortly after I started working on agile projects here, we began to realise that there were things that we were forgetting to do. Some were little things but others were quite important and had an impact … Continue reading →

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