The Agile Alliance
                The Agile Alliance
                                    
       •What is the Agile Alliance?
       •History of the Agile Alliance
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        What is the Agile Alliance today?
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        The Agile Software Development Methodology
              Extreme Programming (XP)
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        Who is a member and do I want to be a one?
                                    
                                    
        What is the Agile Alliance?
        What is the Agile Alliance?
         “The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization that 
         supports individuals and organizations who use agile 
         approaches to develop software.” 
         (www.agilealliance.com)
                      Why should I care?
         “More than two-thirds of all corporate IT organizations 
         will use some form of ‘agile’ software development 
         process within 18 months. Giga Information Group 
         predicted this week at its application development 
         conference here.” (Sliwa,2002)
                                    
                                    
       History of the Agile Alliance
       History of the Agile Alliance
         “Heavy”                                  “Light” 
     methodologies                           methodologies
           1990                1995                1995
                                   
                                   
       History of the Agile Alliance
       History of the Agile Alliance
              “Light” Methodologies:
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                      Extreme Programming (XP)
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                      SCRUM
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                      Feature-Driven Design (FDD)
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                      Adaptive Software Development
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                      Crystal
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                      Pragmatic Programming
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                      DSDM
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                      Etc.
                                    
                                    
      History of the Agile Alliance
      History of the Agile Alliance
         2000,2001 big years for Agile Alliance:
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                Meeting of XP and “light” proponents in spring of 2000
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                Bob Martin suggests a second meeting in early 2001
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                Wiki created late 2000
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                February 2001 Agile Manifesto Created