Do you have a project idea but don't know what it will take to get it done? Do you have a software development project going now but need a different perspective? I love meeting with other entrepreneurs and startups and talking tech. I've...
I've blogged before about what a great place Costa Rica is to do business if you are considering nearshoring to Latin America, and so I want to reiterate that from another source. Here are a few paragraphs excerpted from "Doing Business...
Are you an entrepreneur, investor, or startup developer in Philadelphia? Let's meet and talk startups! My Office Hours Do you have pressing questions about your startup you would like to ask a developer and entrepreneur? I'd love to give...
Do you have a project idea but don't know what it will take to get it done? Do you have a software development project going now but need a different perspective? I love meeting with other entrepreneurs and startups and talking tech. I've...
Words to know and live by for a lean Startup Here at Agility Feat we use Lean methods to keep our business responsive and effective. But what does it mean to be Lean? Listed below are some of the core concepts of being Lean that we...
Let's Meet! My Office Hours Do you have pressing questions about your startup you would like to ask a developer and entrepreneur? I'd love to give you some free advice and hear about what you're doing! I can help you think through what it...
Combining the great American road trip with meeting a bunch of entrepreneurs and hacking code? Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?! That was my reaction when talking recently with a friend and fellow startup coder Matt Makai. Matt...
Hands on learning for startups, in an unforgettable place The AgilityFeat team is hard at work on some exciting changes this summer and some exciting things coming up over the next year. One of those projects that we will be talking a lot...
The finer points of bribing, and why you don't need to worry about it Doing business in another country can be very exciting, but also comes with a set of challenges. What is culturally or even ethically acceptable in one country is not...
Our visual designer Daniel Phillips and developer Andrea Phillips put together a nice portfolio of some of the mobile projects they have worked on, and so I'll share a few snippets of that here. Download the full portfolio as a PDF here....
What inspired you to start your own company? A particular passion? A desire for independence? Necessity? The ReadWriteWeb blog has an interesting post on the "Accidental Entrepreneur", which I came across from seeing the Penninsula...
AgilityFeat is building a tool to help non profits raise money and to help you learn Agile Engineering practices! If you attended the ADP West conference this year in Las Vegas, then you may have already heard about what we're doing. In...
David Alfaro and I had a good conversation with Jon Tonti from Nearshore Americas earlier this week that led to a nice blog post about the benefits of using agile in nearshore projects. You can read the full post here:...
We have explained before why we think nearshore agile is a good idea, but why choose Costa Rica over other Latin American countries? They all have convenient time zones for collaboration with US companies, labor costs are lower than they...
Retrospectives are important at higher levels than just your individual projects. At AgilityFeat we also hold retrospectives within our company and across our projects regularly. This is so we can look for patterns across our most...
How to have a well run remote standup session with your team. Standups are a key part of the agile and scrum process. Each standup is a time for our team to sync up with each other and the customer. It is also an opportunity to let our...
June 4-5, 2012 Washington, DC DETAILS/REGISTRATION For information on other dates blog.agilityfeat.com/atdd-kickstart/ AgilityFeat is proud to be partnering with Lithespeed on our ATDD Kickstart classes, and so we're pleased to...
Congratulations to Dave Haeffner for having his Agile 2012 submission "Selenium Users Anonymous" accepted! Dave will be leading a "counseling" session for Selenium users at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The conference is from August 13 - 17...
ATDD with Cucumber! May 14-15, 2012Richmond, VA Length: 2 days Cost: $1495 US / person Early bird registration $1395 3 or more people - $1295 each AgilityFeat is proud to be bringing our Acceptance Test Driven Development training to...
Bienvenidos a Costa Rica! We are very pleased to work with our clients in the United States and to be able to share a little bit of Costa Rica with you in the process. When your team comes to visit us in Costa Rica, please keep these...
Today we held the first of many future "AgilityCasts", where we record a short presentation by one of our team members on a topic related to agile software development, nearshore agile development in Costa Rica, or anything that suits our...
Last week we just finished up the kick off for a new project in the AgilityFeat Costa Rica offices. This is a fast growing area of business at AgilityFeat and one I am very pleased about, so I would like to take a little time to describe...
I've always had a love/hate relationship with estimation. I find the topic fascinating. Estimation is like a car wreck, it's hard not to slow down some and take a look, even if you know it's wrong and you are afraid of what you might...
Dave Haeffner and I are proud to announce a new workshop on Acceptance Test Driven Development using Cucumber and Ruby that we are offering in 2012. The workshop will initially be taught as private courses to companies, so if you are...
I'm excited to be part of a great upcoming agile event in the Charlottesville area! VGT (Video Gaming Technologies) in Ruckersville is hosting an evening of agile in a few weeks in coordination with AgileCville and Impact Makers. There...