Over on agileconnection, a user asked about a self-assessment tool for measuring agile maturity.
That’s not exactly the right question, because agile...
0 replies - 1513 views - 04/12/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles
In the article, "Psychology and the Agile Methodology," the concept of embracing failure was put under the microscope. In summary, although agile encourages...
1 replies - 2433 views - 04/11/13 by Zac Gery in Articles
I’m writing about a talk given by Paul Hodgetts at Agile 2009 called “ScrumMasters Considered Harmful – Where Did We Go Wrong?” (Link to full...
0 replies - 1597 views - 04/11/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles
I was asked this question when I led a TDD open session at the Israeli Software Craftsmanship User Group.
My answer: It makes you think before you write...
0 replies - 3849 views - 04/10/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles
A New Hope Software Craftsmanship, SOLID principles, eXtreme
Programming, the list of all the “best practice” guides I’ve learned
over the years goes...
0 replies - 1698 views - 04/08/13 by Justin Bozonier in Articles
What scientists call distributed control is usually called empowerment by management consultants. However, some experts don’t like the term. The word seems...
0 replies - 907 views - 04/08/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles
I realize that many of you already scowl when you hear anyone talk about
'best practices'. Instead of adding to that discussion, I'd like to
share a short...
0 replies - 890 views - 04/08/13 by Steve Rogalsky in Articles
Most people like short things: short tasks, short emails,
learn-how-to-program-java-in-24-hours books, lose-weight-in-a-month
video guides. Modern society...
0 replies - 1468 views - 04/08/13 by Michael Dubakov in Articles
Almost all Eclipse Git repositories are mirrored at GitHub.
The mirrors were initially set up two years ago by the nice folks at
GitHub with relatively...
0 replies - 4171 views - 04/05/13 by Wayne Beaton in Articles
The cornerstone, I think, of a good April Fools Day joke is plausibility. The more reasonable or possible the topic, the more likely it is that you’ll fool...
0 replies - 2827 views - 04/03/13 by Wayne Beaton in Articles
I think there is great value in reading books on business management.
That is, there is great value in reading them with intent, considering
their points,...
0 replies - 1073 views - 04/02/13 by Michael Norton in Articles
‘Integration’ is the conversation we’re not having.
In Big Data is Distracting Us from the Real Conversation yesterday by TIBCO CTO Matt Quinn, the...
0 replies - 810 views - 04/02/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles
On my recent Core Values post I call out Humility as one of the five essential values to establish
a way of being that offers a foundation for a right-brain,...
0 replies - 1145 views - 04/01/13 by Tobias Mayer in Articles
I’ve been programming professionally since 1988, so I’ve been around quite a few developers in my career. There seems to be a lot of moments lately...
0 replies - 2162 views - 04/01/13 by Kin Lane in Articles
One trend is slowly destroying our industry: the requirement of automated testing on the code we write. This madness goes from writing tests before the code...
9 replies - 15984 views - 04/01/13 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
