After a failed iteration, the team regroups with a few new stories.

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The team has fallen far short in the most recent iteration. What should they do?

Agile projects very often seem to stall out after gaining perhaps twenty-five percent of the possible benefit. Why is this? What can be done?

Incremental and iterative development processes provide frequent opportunities for teams to “Inspect and Adapt”. What should we inspect? How should we adapt? Is this part of the process?

There has been some discussion of late regarding the use of Test-Driven Development ideas in non-software areas. This is a really good idea and I would like to talk about it here.

Susan Prior drops in on Kate to talk about some new products she would like developed.

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