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Essays from May 2008

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  1. Teams within a Team, pattern in scaling up agile by Antti Tevanlinna

    Today we have the first “guest blogger” posting on this blog. My colleague Antti Tevanlinna developed a description for a pattern that his team has been implementing for some time. The pattern is called “Teams within a team” and deals with scaling up agile projects. Let us know what you think through the comments. Problem …

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