Hi guys, this week I bring you a different type of blog post. For several weeks I have been collecting a list of some of the best Agile Blogs :)
It seems that I got a pretty long list therefore I am passing it to you. The list is ordered based on Alexa.com raking with the exception of the top three blogs where I could not isolate personal blogs from msdn.com and blogspot.de therefore the top three are not accurate.
If you find any errors, or if you have more blogs to add to this list just contact me :)
If you find more blogs that you think that could be added to this list just leave a comment.
I hope you appreciate this list.
| Name | URL | Alexa Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. MEIER’S BLOG: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | jdmeier | http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/ | 42 |
| JASON YIP | jchyip | http://jchyip.blogspot.de/ | 547 |
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TODAY | duarte_vasco | http://softwaredevelopmenttoday.blogspot.de/ | 547 |
| AGILE ZONE | dzone | http://www.dzone.com/mz/agile | 3291 |
| INFOWORLD | infoworld | http://www.infoworld.com/ | 6668 |
| AGILEBLOG: RALLYDEV.COM | agileblog | http://www.rallydev.com/community/agile/ | 11053 |
| ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN | dr_dobbs | http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design | 39543 |
| PLANBOX BLOG | planboxinc | https://www.planbox.com/blog/ | 45780 |
| MARTIN FOWLER | martinfowler | http://martinfowler.com/ | 50164 |
| SCRUM ALLIANCE | scrumalliance | https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles | 50801 |
| ABOUT AGILITY: AGILE INSIGHTS FROM THE TRENCHES | outsystems | http://www.outsystems.com/blog/ | 67750 |
| SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE | mikewcohn | http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/ | 72151 |
| COLLABNET: SCRUM AND AGILE BLOG | collabnet | http://blogs.collab.net/agile | 82560 |
| XEBIA BLOG | xebia | http://blog.xebia.com/ | 119280 |
| VERSION ONE | versionone | http://www.versionone.com/resources/blogs/ | 125288 |
| BRIDGING THE GAP | llbrandenburg | http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/ | 154986 |
| LEAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | leandotorg | http://www.lean.org/ | 180239 |
| PICHLER CONSULTING | romanpichler | http://www.romanpichler.com/ | 207656 |
| THE AGILE WARRIOR: A BLOG ABOUT CREATING VALUABLE SOFTWARE | jrasmusson | http://agilewarrior.wordpress.com/ | 224730 |
| ARTEM MARCHENKO | artemmarchenko | http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com/ | 255525 |
| ELEGANT CODE | elegantcode | http://elegantcode.com/ | 297623 |
| HENRIK KNIBERG’S BLOG | henrikkniberg | http://blog.crisp.se/author/henrikkniberg | 306630 |
| ALL ABOUT AGILE | kelly_waters | http://www.allaboutagile.com/ | 310310 |
| AGILE SCOUT | agilescout | http://agilescout.com/ | 371194 |
| CURIOUS CAT: MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT BLOG | curiouscat_com | http://management.curiouscatblog.net/ | 395855 |
| MARK NEEDHAM | markhneedham | http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/ | 401439 |
| PERSONAL KANBAN | VISUALIZE. LEARN. IMPROVE. | personalkanban | http://www.personalkanban.com/ | 498939 |
| SHMULA: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY | shmula | http://www.shmula.com/ | 552332 |
| HOLISTIC PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | jeffpatton | http://www.agileproductdesign.com/index.html | 553008 |
| GAMESTORMING: A PLAYBOOK FOR INNOVATORS, RULE-BREAKERS AND CHANGEMAKERS | keaggy | http://www.gamestorming.com/ | 558082 |
| PAWEL BRODZINSKI ON SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT | pawelbrodzinski | http://brodzinski.com/ | 590050 |
| DOUG SHIMP BLOG | scrum_coach | http://blog.3back.com/ | 601030 |
| AGILE WEB DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS | mmarschall | http://www.agileweboperations.com/ | 641341 |
| NOOP.NL | jurgenappelo | http://www.noop.nl/ | 661351 |
| MANAGING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | johannarothman | http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/ | 691768 |
| THE EXPERIENCE IS THE PRODUCT | cindyalvarez | http://www.cindyalvarez.com/ | 701777 |
| LEADING AGILE | mcottmeyer | http://www.leadingagile.com/ | 705789 |
| TYNER BLAIN | sehlhorst | http://tynerblain.com/blog/ | 712978 |
| ScrumInc.com | jeffsutherland | http://www.scruminc.com/category/blog/ | 733646 |
| XPROGRAMMING.COM | ronjeffries | http://xprogramming.com/index.php | 742792 |
| THE AGILE CEO | solutionsiq | http://www.solutionsiq.com/blog/ | 791966 |
| ALISTAIR COCKBURN | totheralistair | http://alistair.cockburn.us/ | 923506 |
| BOR!SGLOGER | borisgloger | http://borisgloger.com/blog/ | 1017775 |
| AINSTAINER GROUP BLOG | ainstainer | http://blog.ainstainer.com/ | 1030188 |
| THE ART OF AGILE | jamesshore | http://www.jamesshore.com/ | 1033381 |
| AGILE FOR ALL | agileforall | http://www.agileforall.com/ | 1037519 |
| RICHARD LAWRENCE | rslawrence | http://www.agileforall.com/author/richard/ | 1037519 |
| THE HACKER CHICK BLOG | hackerchick | http://www.hackerchick.com/ | 1042485 |
| SCRUMOLOGY | davidjbland | http://scrumology.com/ | 1049955 |
| AGILE 42 | agile42 | http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/ | 1052603 |
| SCRUM AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERT | scrumexpert | http://www.scrumexpert.com/ | 1089519 |
| THE CRITICAL PATH | derekhuether | http://thecriticalpath.info/ | 1119606 |
| NET OBJECTIVES | alshalloway | http://www.netobjectives.com/blog | 1262240 |
| TASTYCUPCAKES.ORG | tastycupcakes | http://tastycupcakes.org/ | 1304645 |
| HERDING CATS | galleman | http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/ | 1332665 |
| BRADEGELAND.COM | begeland | http://www.bradegeland.com/ | 1337497 |
| IMPLEMENTING SCRUM | mvizdos | http://www.implementingscrum.com/ | 1348004 |
| TEST OBSESSED | testobsessed | http://testobsessed.com/ | 1398867 |
| AGILE ADVICE – AGILE METHODS | mberteig | http://www.agileadvice.com/ | 1548371 |
| BIG VISIBLE: INSPIRING AGILITY | bigvisible | http://www.bigvisible.com/blog/ | 1551689 |
| BETTER PROJECTS: PROJECT LEADERSHIP | brown_note | http://www.betterprojects.net/ | 1594249 |
| AGILE PAIN RELIEF CONSULTING | mlevison | http://agilepainrelief.com/ | 1595693 |
| LEAN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: ESSAYS ON THE CONTINUOUS DELIVERY | berniethompson | http://leansoftwareengineering.com/ | 1634949 |
| KEN SCHWABER’S BLOG: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS | kschwaber | http://kenschwaber.wordpress.com/ | 1652472 |
| AGILE MATTERS AND AGILE CIO | make a twitter | http://www.indigoblue.co.uk/blog | 1792605 |
| LUIS GONCALVES | lgoncalves1979 | http://lmsgoncalves.com | 1796788 |
| TINYPM BLOG | tinypm | http://www.tinypm.com/blog/ | 1869021 |
| BEN LINDERS | benlinders | http://benlinders.com | 2067031 |
| VISIBLETHREAD | visiblethread | http://www.visiblethread.com/blog/ | 2252490 |
| THE AGILISTA PM | agilistapm | http://www.agilistapm.com/ | 2274504 |
| AGILITIX | michaelsahota | http://agilitrix.com/ | 2277593 |
| SYSTEMS THINKING, LEAN AND KANBAN | dpjoyce | http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/ | 2316049 |
| LITHESPEED’S LITHEBLOG | lithespeed | http://lithespeed.com/ | 2350528 |
| HAPPY MELLY | happy_melly | http://www.happymelly.com/ | 2430342 |
| CORY FOY: IT’S ALL ABOUT AGILITY | cory_foy | http://blog.coryfoy.com/ | 2472929 |
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MUSINGS | methodsandtools | http://blog.martinig.ch/ | 2766042 |
| MICHAEL LEE STALLARD: INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP | michaelstallard | http://www.michaelleestallard.com/ | 2886384 |
| SCHAUDERHAFT | jensschauder | http://blog.schauderhaft.de/ | 3020502 |
| AGILE TESTING WITH LISA CRISPIN | lisacrispin | http://lisacrispin.com/ | 3072820 |
| BRAINS LINK | brainslink | http://brainslink.com/ | 3078940 |
| THOUGHT CLUSTERS | krishami | http://www.thoughtclusters.com/ | 3159049 |
| THE AGILE EXECUTIVE | agile_exec | http://theagileexecutive.com/ | 3176976 |
| YVES HANOULLE BLOG | yveshanoulle | http://www.hanoulle.be/ | 3216950 |
| VISUAL MANAGEMENT BLOG | xquesada | http://www.xqa.com.ar/visualmanagement/ | 3436689 |
| ERIC D. BROWN’S TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY | ericdbrown | http://ericbrown.com/ | 3582225 |
| TEA-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT: MATT WYNNE | mattwynne | http://blog.mattwynne.net/ | 3665465 |
| COACHING AGILE TEAMS – LYSSA ADKINS | lyssaadkins | http://www.coachingagileteams.com/ | 3840555 |
| GEORGE DINWIDDIE’S BLOG: EFFECTIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | gdinwiddie | http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/ | 3869810 |
| LIMITED WIP SOCIETY: THE HOME OF KANBAN | grouply | http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/ | 3908263 |
| JASON LITTLE: HELPING ORGANIZATIONS GET BETTER | jasonlittle | http://www.agilecoach.ca/ | 4104540 |
| ESTHER DERBY INSIGHTS YOU CAN USE | estherderby | http://www.estherderby.com/ | 4377419 |
| FRAGILE BLOG | neilisfragile | http://fragile.org.uk/ | 4377849 |
| AGILE MINDSTORM | ruckiand | http://agilemindstorm.com/ | 4407253 |
| WHAT TO FIX: FIX THE SYSTEM. | danielbmarkham | http://www.whattofix.com/ | 4450983 |
| BECOMING AN AGILE FAMILY | maritzavdh | http://scrumfamily.wordpress.com/ | 4456958 |
| MARKUS GÄRTNER | mgaertne | http://www.shino.de/ | 4601691 |
| RACHEL DAVIES – AGILE COACHING | rachelcdavies | http://agilecoach.typepad.com/agile-coaching/ | 4882379 |
| MARY POPPENDIECK BLOG | mpoppendieck | http://www.leanessays.com/ | 4887482 |
| AVAILAGILITY – KARL SCOTLAND | kjscotland | http://availagility.co.uk/ | 5156686 |
| LISETTE SUTHERLAND | lightling | http://www.lisettesutherland.com/ | 5260771 |
I would love to get a star rating for this post:
Any chance to get URLs of the blogs as a links, so that I can open those without copy-pasting texts?
I use PopClip to do this. :-)
To do what?
Nop :)
Not really, enjoy ;)
Luis
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My Alexa ranking is 7,808,186. Where would that put me in the list?
How about checking the last one ;) Definitely not on the top 100 :)
I thought it wasn’t a top 100 ;-)
Adventures in Scaling Agile (www.prettyagile.com) is ranked 3,411,384, does that make the “top 100″? ;-)
I will add it soon ;)
Hi Luis,
Thanks for the list :) Can I throw our website into the ring for the next one? Current ranking is 1084079.
Thanks!
Sam
I will add it soon ;)
Hey Luis…
Scruminc.com (Jeff Sutherland’s site) should be there just above Ron Jeffries. It’s at 733,646.
thanks
JJ
Done :)
Just added :)
Luis
Not bad, though it would be even better if you dug deeper like our Top 200 list:
http://agilescout.com/top-agile-blogs-200/
See the bottom for how we ranked!
Top 100 make it more selective ;)
Cheers,
Luis
Thanks for the mention!
Feel free to tweet about it ;)
Thanks,
Luis
Thank you for putting this wonderful list together. One small request: I don’t see any blogs from India featured on this list. I was hoping to see at least Naresh Jain’s blog (Managed Chaos) - http://blogs.agilefaqs.com/ which has a Alexa rank of 832,875. Thanks again.
Thanks Rajesh :) Awesome :)
I couldnt do it alone :) I am counting on people like you to improve this list :)
I will update them soon.
I am extremely busy but as soon as I have time I will do it :)
Luis
Hi Luis,
Great list! Some new ones I’ve added onto my own list, thanks for compiling.
You might want to add http://www.axisagile.com.au/blog to the list. Based on the alexa ranking, it might come in around the 70’s. :-)
Thanks!
Awesome :)
I will update them soon.
I am extremely busy but as soon as I have time I will do it :)
Luis
Thanks for that Luis. Keep up the good work!
Hi Luis,
please add the the DAD blog. The ranking is 2,592,393
I will do it later on…
Thanks for adding the blog to this list :)
Luis
Great list, Luis.
I know it’s LOT of work as I heard from Peter (@agilescout) when he did the similar exercise in past. It’s great to have 2 names in the list that I am associated with: AgileScout (thanks to Peter) and OutSystems (I work with them).
Cheers,
Sameer
Happy to help on this :)
Big thanks,
Luis
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It’s great to have my blog in this top 100 list of agile blogs, big thanks Luis!
And an even BIGGER THANKS for writing the book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives with me.
You have significantly increased the awareness for agile retrospectives and your contributions to help people all around the world to do retrospectives in a meaningful way are incredible!!!
I’m really enjoying how we are collaborating, this is awesome :-)
Hooo yes :)
If you base your ranking only on the Alexa score (which I admit is one of the few publicly available data about web site trafic… but it is far from being perfect or precise), you should title the list, the 100 Agile blogs with the highest traffic, which might not be correlated with quality as web promotion and Agile knowledge are two different set of skills.
Next time I know that I can talk with you to get your help ;)
Send me the URL of the blog post that you will prepare with the best 100 Blog posts based on the quality ;)
Speaking and comment is easy, but taking the time and actually create these kind of blog posts that is a different story ;)
I am looking forward for your blog post ;)
Cheers,
Luis
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I offer y own small, but beautifully-formed agile blog here: http://storm-consulting.com/blog/ for your reader’s consideration.
Thanks for the heads-up Ben
There are many agile/leadership/project managers bloggers on the list that I admire. I hope some day I could join them on a top 1000 list :)
Hi :) two years ago I was not even on the top 10 000 :) Now I am on top 100 :).
During 2015 I want to become top 25 :) It requires a lot of work but anyone can do it :)
All the best for 2015.
Luis
Luis, Great list. I know you must have put lot of efforts in compiling the list.
Lot of real-world agile knowledge can be gained by following these agile experts. The thing with agile is that principally, it is not difficult to understand as a concept but more often than not, the challenges are faced in its implementations.
That is because of so many reasons but that’s not the point - for me, agile is, do agile whenever you can, wherever you are with whatever you have … it feels like real life to me where nothing is certain - only your ability to deal with an uncertain next counts.
While I looked at these experts, I learned that there were a few people whom I did not know so I created a twitter list with all these experts to learn something from the experts insights - I thought I should share the list if any other agile enthusiast wants to follow the list - twitter.com/utpalvaishnav/lists/agile
Hi Luis,
here is a new agile blog, which focuses on agile product management and the PO roll. Should be considered as well:
http://bauer-information-technology.com/blog/
Cheers,
Florian
I turned this list into a little tool. See http://agile-blogs.github.io/.
About:
This site is a automated feed aggregator that tries to get the most recent blogs about agile software development in one place. It aims to provide links to blog posts. A tagging feature helps ordering the posts.
We will linke directly to the feed sources in our feed and not host the contents of your blogs except for the /pages/ listings.
The site is currently in beta stadium. That means: We are looking for new Authors.
The site tries not to build content, but a directory of links. Seems strange in 2015 but the question “Whats hot and new in agile” does not ask for storing of the contents of the site.
I want to share a resource that I thought might be a good fit for your article.
They offer online programs and individual training courses which are all endorsed by the IIBA ®.
Here are the details:
name: Business Analysis Excellence
website: http://www.business-analysis-excellence.com/
Twitter: bacourses
Alexa - 840953
Thanks
Thanks not so much related to agile :) In my opinion ;)
Luis
Hi Luis,
Cheers for taking the time to put all the top blogs in one place.
My question…
Would you count Business Analyst Guru (ba-guru.com) in your top 100?
Cheers,
Matt
Hi,
I am not going to change anything now… This blog was done some time ago ;) But at some point this year I will do the same ;)
Cheers,
Luis
Hi,
nice list! Thank you! I appreciate it!