Tag Archives: agile

3 ways to get cash over the holidays with Funambol

Posted on 17 December, 2009 by Stef

The winter holidays are a provide a good opportunity to  do something useful in that downtime between celebrations. Funambol’s community programs provide three ways to have fun and earn some cash, too. 1. Participate in the Code Sniper program: it … Continue reading →

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How To Mix Agile And Software Developed By A Community

Posted on 23 November, 2009 by Stef

Back from Italian Agile Day where Stefano Fornari of Funambol with Marco Abis of Sourcesense animated a debate about mixing Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) and Agile development methods. I used to think that there was no issue because, after … Continue reading →

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Don’t call it Scrum

Posted on 9 April, 2009 by Stef

Gianugo Rabellino has given me more food for thoughts about my research on Free/Libre Open Source software development and Agile/Scrum methods. His latest post contains a sentence that summarizes my key finding so far: At the end of the day, … Continue reading →

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SCRUM and volunteer developers

Posted on 20 March, 2009 by Stef

Funambol engineering team uses the SCRUM methodology to develop software. It’s a very interesting method that seems highly compatible with free/libre open source software development habits. It mandates fast release cycles (like the release early/release often mantra), teams that can … Continue reading →

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