1. A term coined by Nassim Taleb to represent things that benefit from disorder. 2. The opposite of fragile. 3. When you have more to gain than lose in the presence of uncertainty (positive asymmetric [..]

A metaphor used to describe a person with deep vertical skills in a specialized area (such as UX design) as well as broad but not necessarily very deep skills in other relevant areas (such as testing [..]

A form of estimation that is often, although not exclusively, used to size portfolio backlog items. T-shirt sizing is based on the concept of binning. The bins are typically assigned labels correspond [..]

Unwritten and unspoken knowledge (including insights, intuitions, and hunches) that is hard, but not impossible, to articulate with formal language. The opposite of explicit or formal knowledge. Somet [..]

A status category for technical debt that represents debt that is known and has been targeted for servicing by the development team. Contrast with happened-upon technical debt, known technical debt. S [..]

The technical work that a development team performs in order to complete a product backlog item. Most tasks are defined to be small, representing no more than a few hours to a day or so of work.

An information radiator used during sprint execution to communicate the progress and flow of task-level work within a sprint. See also information radiator, task.

See test-driven development.

A small, cross-functional collection of diverse, collaborating people who are aligned to a common purpose and goal. Team members trust each other and work together to achieve the goal, holding themsel [..]

1. A term used to describe the obligation that a software organization incurs when it chooses a design or construction approach that is expedient in the short term but that increases complexity and is [..]