MAMuhammad Azharinrahnuma.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 4 min readHow I Predict Sprint Deadline Risk 30 Days Before It Becomes a CrisisEvery engineering manager has been there. It's 3 days before the sprint ends. Half the tasks are still "In Progress." Your PM is asking for a status update. And you have absolutely no idea if you're g00
JJubsindreaded-developer.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 9 min readThe Sprint 0 Mystery: What Are We Even Doing Here?It's Day 1 of a new project. The Azure DevOps board is pristine. The backlog is empty. No work items. No bugs. No passive-aggressive comments in PR threads. The team is gathered in a virtual standup, 00
JJubsindreaded-developer.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 8 min readTo Be Agile, or Not to Be, or Pretend — That Is the QuestionI've been on all three sides of this spectrum. I've been Agile. I've tried to be Agile. And I've sat in standups that were so far from Agile they might as well have been called "Daily Group Therapy fo00
RSRijul Sarininappliedailab.hashnode.dev·Jun 21 · 15 min readHow to Scope and Ship an AI Feature Without Blowing UpPart 10 of the Applied AI Product Management series. Post 9 covered data strategy. Before that, Posts 6 through 8 covered architecture, infrastructure, and tradeoffs. All of that assumed you've alread00
DMDewa Mahendraindewa-mahendra.hashnode.dev·Jun 18 · 5 min readFrom Software Engineers to Intent Architects: Are AI Companies the Next Evolution?Introduction Over the past few years, software development has evolved at an incredible pace. We moved from writing everything manually, to using frameworks, to relying on AI assistants like ChatGPT, 00
AKAshutosh Krishnainblog.ashutoshkrris.in·Jun 15 · 34 min readThe Complete Guide to Agile: How Modern Software is Actually BuiltImagine planning a massive cross country road trip. Three solid months are spent mapping out every single turn. Every hotel is pre booked. The exact amount of gas needed is calculated down to the gall10
PAPaul Alaninpenling.hashnode.dev·Jun 14 · 6 min readThe spec is in the wrong placeMy day job is at a large tech company. Hundreds of engineering teams, and every one of them is somewhere different on AI adoption. Some are still treating coding agents as a curiosity. Some have quiet00
ARarun rajkumarintechwisdomarunrajkumar.hashnode.dev·Jun 9 · 19 min readAgent-Driven Development: An Open-Source Alternative to Scrum, Jira & Confluence (Self-Hosted, Apache 2.0)A survey last week put it at 54%. More than half the code shipped today is AI-generated. In my own work the number is probably higher. AI writes the first draft. AI estimates the work. AI generates th00
LBLászló Beháninfinancialit.hashnode.dev·Jun 3 · 11 min readWhy I Stopped Running Scrum in Financial Sector Projects — And What We Do InsteadI'll say something that might get me uninvited from Agile conferences: after 25 years in financial sector IT — as CIO at a major insurer, Head of Development at a banking group, and board member at a 00
DPDarsh Parikhinsimplifitech.hashnode.dev·Jun 3 · 16 min readHow Sprint Planning Actually WorksThe high-level view of software development looks pretty straightforward. A team gets requirements, starts designing, writes code, tests features, and finally delivers the product. Simple… right? But 10
