Welcome to the July 13th edition of the Carnival of Agilists. The blogroll pointing you to some of the latest thoughts in the agile community.

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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

• It's official - Groups do Better than Individuals at Problem Solving. Maybe we need to update the Manifesto to "Groups and Interactions over Processes and Tools". Thanks Mishkin Berteig for showing us the way!
• As engineers, we often don't express ourselves very well (that's an understatement). So when agile makes us work together, it can really stress things out. Ester Derby has some suggestions about sharing information, encouragement and appreciation.

• Is writing tests and code faster than writing just code? Find out what Dan Bunea's test and code experiments show. He also shows how he refactored a legacy application using functional tests in record time.
• Ever met an agile DBA? Neither have I. Maybe you can get your DBA to read this agility tool - Introduction to Database Refactoring by Scott Ambler.

• Your project is not going well. You are working on a fixed-bid (fixed time, scope and resources) project. What do you do? Ask Kane Mar about Difficult decisions when you're between a rock and a hard place.
• We talk about collaboration, but how do you do it effectively? Hal Macomber helps us understand in Success Projects Require Effective Communication.

• We are responding to change this week by not including any items in this section. See how easy that is? We still get our story points for the sprint, right?

• Here is a recent success report printed in Computerworld - Bank saves with agile development.
• Ever wonder what Rally is up to? Check out this Interview with Tim Miller, CEO of Rally.
• Do you think the agile movement is gaining momentum? Here are some recent growth figures from Thoughtworks - a leading provider of enterprise agile services.

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