Guides

The strongest guides on engineering excellence and technical leadership — ranked by substance, not recency. How this is ranked

Guide Product Development Engineering Excellence

Detecting Agile BS

Guidance for identifying genuine agile software development in DoD projects, including key principles, warning signs, essential tools, and …

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Guide Scrum Product Development

The Scrum Guide (February 2010)

A clear summary of Scrum’s framework, roles, events, artefacts, and values, explaining how teams use Scrum to deliver value and adapt to …

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Guide Product Development Product Management

The Evidence-Based Management Guide 2020: Improving Value Delivery under Conditions of Uncertainty

Evidence-Based Management (EBM) guides organisations to improve value delivery under uncertainty by using empirical goals, measurement, and …

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Guide Product Development Artificial Intelligence

Engineering AI Adoption Guide - AI Reveals Your System of Work

NKD Agility's problem-first guide to AI adoption, built on the Kendall Framework and written from engineering - start with a validated …

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Guide Scrum Product Development

Nexus Guide

Explains the Nexus framework for scaling Scrum with multiple teams, detailing roles, events, and artefacts to coordinate product delivery …

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Guide Product Development

Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams

Explains how Scrum Teams can use Kanban practices to optimise workflow, track flow metrics, and enhance transparency, efficiency, and …

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Guide Product Development

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

Outlines core Agile values and principles for software development, emphasising collaboration, adaptability, working software, customer …

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Guide Product Development Product Management

Evidence-Based Portfolio Management

Explains how evidence-based portfolio management helps organisations extend agile practices beyond teams, enabling greater responsiveness …

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Guide Kanban Lean

Kanban Guide

Comprehensive reference outlining Kanban principles, practices, and metrics for optimising workflow, value delivery, and continuous …

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