Nearshore Agile: Why Choose Costa Rica?

by | Jun 11, 2012 | Nearshore Agile

We have explained before why we think nearshore agile is a good idea, but why choose Costa Rica over other Latin American countries? They all have convenient time zones for collaboration with US companies, labor costs are lower than they are in the US, and most of...

AgilityFeat Team Retrospective in Costa Rica

by | Jun 8, 2012 | Agile, Nearshore Agile

Retrospectives are important at higher levels than just your individual projects. At AgilityFeat we also hold retrospectives within our company and across our projects regularly. This is so we can look for patterns across our most successful projects and also learn...

A Successful Nearshore Agile Standup Session

by | Jun 4, 2012 | Agile, Nearshore Agile

How to have a well run remote standup session with your team. Standups are a key part of the agile and scrum process. Each standup is a time for our team to sync up with each other and the customer. It is also an opportunity to let our customer know of any unexpected...

Tips for traveling to meet our team in Costa Rica

by | Mar 29, 2012 | Nearshore Agile

Bienvenidos a Costa Rica!  We are very pleased to work with our clients in the United States and to be able to share a little bit of Costa Rica with you in the process. When your team comes to visit us in Costa Rica, please keep these tips in mind. Airports There are...

AgilityCast: Introduction to Cucumber

by | Mar 22, 2012 | Agile, AgilityCasts, Nearshore Agile

Today we held the first of many future «AgilityCasts», where we record a short presentation by one of our team members on a topic related to agile software development, nearshore agile development in Costa Rica, or anything that suits our fancy. These sessions are...