Imagine that the government decided an intake of 2.500 calories per day should be the maximum for each person, regardless of age, gender, health, metabolism,...
0 replies - 3558 views - 05/20/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Leadership within the software development industry can be a tricky area. All teams require some level of leadership. Promoting members within a team or...
0 replies - 6356 views - 05/17/13 by Zac Gery in Articles
A simple (and misunderstood) way people think of their change initiative like this:
Their organization is just sitting there, ready to change in wonderful...
0 replies - 1413 views - 05/16/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles
I’ve been seeing quite a few posts on Hacker News lately about why you should not work too hard and even saying you should work less than 35 hours a...
3 replies - 2834 views - 05/16/13 by John Sonmez in Articles
A week I spent without Internet. I didn’t even bring a smart phone. It was a personal experiment and a great experience.
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0 replies - 2745 views - 05/15/13 by Anders Abel in Articles
Having lived through numerous attempts to build software embracing the concepts behind the agile manifesto, I feel there are three large categories folks fall...
0 replies - 3868 views - 05/14/13 by Michael Mainguy in Articles
A couple of years ago I bought BMW 530 E39. Not that I’d been into BMWs all that much, but I just stumbled upon a good deal to replace my old car, and I went...
0 replies - 2095 views - 05/08/13 by Michael Dubakov in Articles
In many working environments people’s focus is usually is on fixing problems.
This makes sense, because continuous improvement allows...
0 replies - 2632 views - 05/03/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
Many teams are struggling with delivering modern software because they are not building with Test First principals. Test First gives us the assurance that we...
3 replies - 6955 views - 05/03/13 by Martin Hinshelwood in Articles
The biggest waste in software is what we build and isn’t used. Since we can’t know in advance what will be a selling feature, we have to implement the...
0 replies - 3183 views - 05/01/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles
Are you one of those developers who can’t get his/her boss to let you download/prototype/use a Really Cool™ software package that happens to be...
6 replies - 5117 views - 05/01/13 by Ted Neward in Articles
Are you a developer or startup entrepreneur? Have you ever been frustrated with some of the claims made by the sales team or lacked the patience or...
0 replies - 2433 views - 04/30/13 by Sean Hull in Articles
What do you do when you make a mistake?
Not just in your job, but in life in general?
I’ve made some pretty big mistakes in my career
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Just last...
0 replies - 1494 views - 04/29/13 by John Sonmez in Articles
Yahoo’s decision to ban working from home can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention. Whatever the reasons might be, to me their decision sends out a...
0 replies - 6473 views - 04/28/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles
As I’m working with smaller and more agile projects, I’m increasingly seeing the classic way that Scrum is executed as more of an impediment to agility...
0 replies - 5002 views - 04/25/13 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles
