Raj Duggal

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Short Bio

Raj Duggal is a highly experienced software development consultant who is on a mission to help teams align their processes and practices with the fundamentals of agile software development. He is the author of the Agile Missing Manual website, and writes a free daily email newsletter on how to build software using the agile approach.

Common Topics

  • How To Write Needed Technical Work As User Stories.
  • How To Maintain A High Level Of Code Quality.
  • How To Stop “Sprint Goals” From Causing Bottlenecks.
  • How To Run Stand Up Meetings.
  • How To Handle Work That Wasn’t Completed Within The Sprint.
  • How To Make A Cross Functional Team
  • How To Handle Technical Debt
  • How To Capture and Record Details Specs and Requirements.

Sample Questions for Raj

  • What is the difference between Scrum and Agile?
  • How does a project manager fit in an agile team?
  • What are the roles of QA and Business Analysts in an agile team?
  • What kind of projects aren’t well suited to Agile?
  • Why do so many developers not like agile?
  • Why is it important to keep User Stories very short?

Random Facts About Raj

  • I was born and raised in UK, and migrated to Toronto as a teenager.
  • I recently started learning Bachata dancing.
  • I started teaching my two children linux and vim when they were five years old.

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