will evolve as team members gain information during the development process. User Story – Description of functionality a user wants, small enough to complete in a single sprint Epic – A large user clarify this concept. Commander’s Intent is a concise expression of the purpose of an operation – a description of the desired end state and the way that goal facilitates transition to future operations. It roles and responsibilities for members of an Agile team. Appendix B contains a more complete description of roles and responsibilities. Table 2 Agile Roles and Responsibilities Role Responsibilities

does not fit our business and customize it until it does.  We offer our business users a user interface that is clunky because it was designed for users in the abstract across many possible companies outcomes and budget, some justifications of why we believed it was plausible, and just enough description of the execution team and its process to convince the Star Chamber that the team was capable.

difficulties.”Solutions to Accidental Difficulties • High-level languages • The most a high-level language can do is to furnish all the constructs the programmer imagines in the abstract program • Time-sharing are they remainders of our accidental difficulties?”Silver bullets? • Ada and other high-level language advances • Object-oriented programming • Artificial intelligence • Expert systems • “Automatic” content, automatic programming has always been a euphemism for programming with a higher-level language than was presently available to the programmer • In essence, it is the solution method, not the

that this is something to be ashamed of or that they need to be controlled, learn to speak the language of the business, or start wearing jackets and ties.The CIO’s Place at the Table IT leadership