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Songbird path to Agility - Part II

By Georges Auberger Georges Auberger

Previously, we’ve examined the new development practices that the Songbird team adopted to plan and track a release. Everyone on the team was very eager to put them to the test. Unfortunately, at the time, we were still in the middle of the 0.3 release cycle and new work could only be started once that [...]

Songbird path to Agility - Part I

By Georges Auberger Georges Auberger

This is the first post of a 3 part series presenting our experience moving Songbird development to an Agile process.
Drowning in the waterfall
Up until version 0.3, Songbird development had been following a fairly traditional waterfall model. Realizing the ambitious vision of building both a platform and a desktop media player has presented many challenges. A [...]