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July 21, 2011 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Agile Project Management, Project Management Best Practices

20 Simple Things You Can Do to Boost Your Agile Career
By Kelly Waters

Here are 20 simple things you can do to boost your agile development career.

Of course they are not unique to agile methods.

But agile development is so dependent on people, collaboration and teamwork that these qualities will probably help you even more in an agile environment than they might have done before.

Here they are…

• Take responsibility
• Do what you say you will
• Help others
• Respect everyone equally
• Be positive
• Embrace change
• Suggest improvements
• Pay attention to detail
• Have pride in your work
• Work hard
• Be knowledgeable
• Share your knowledge
• Stay professional
• Be flexible
• Do whatever it takes
• Be honest
• Be modest
• Praise others
• Be happy
• Be yourself

Obviously it helps to have excellent technical ability too, but these are all behaviours you have complete control over!

Kelly Waters is Head of Web Solutions for Reed Business Information (UK), the world’s largest business-to-business publisher. By implementing agile development, he has transformed his department of more than 90 people. Prior to joining Reed Business, Kelly was CTO for Glass’s Information Services, Europe’s leading provider of information to the automotive industry, most famous for Glass’s Guide, the UK’s bible for used car prices. Kelly has been in software development for more than 20 years. He is well known as a narrator of agile development principles and practices, as a result of his popular blog ‘All About Agile’ (www.allaboutagile.com). He is also a voluntary business advisor for Young Enterprise, an organisation that helps young people gain valuable business experience through practical projects.

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