Case Study: Seven Years of Agile
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Bluefruit adopts Scrum since 2009 and grows fivefold (previously 50% year‑on‑year), replaces fixed‑price scope with moved from fixed‑price to sprint‑billing, and uses TDD and BDD plus automated test reporting and regular internal training. Projects include aerospace, medical and IoT products; one client reaches an MVP in seven sprints within budget. Testers learn to code, velocity dips then recovers, and customer relationships shift toward joint discovery and better quality releases that attract larger, repeat clients.
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- 0:00Seven years of Agile journey
- 2:44Choosing Scrum framework
- 5:25Hiring Agile coach
- 8:18Agile beyond development
- 10:55Agile reveals problems
- 13:57Training and learning culture
- 16:32Fixed-price to time-and-materials
- 19:08Recruiting Agile-skilled team
- 22:01Agile in medical systems
- 23:08Scaling Agile architecture
- 25:28Behavior-Driven Development 2012
- 27:40Graduate training program
- 29:05Agile transparency wins projects
- 31:21Agile success 2015
- 33:33Recap and Agile future
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