The above quote was tossed off by Billy Hollis at the patterns&practices Summit this week in Redmond.
0 replies - 690 views - 10/16/09 by Ted Neward in News
I often identify myself as an Agilist. When I first began to use the
term, I was met with a great deal of trepidation. I remember the first
few times I...
0 replies - 720 views - 03/27/09 by bennage in News
Software development is hard work. We have been taught that the best way to solve the tough challenges inherent to software development efforts is to treat...
4 replies - 7661 views - 02/24/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in Articles
It's a common tale: Some business need arises for capability your IT
department doesn't currently offer but there are multiple commercial
alternatives...
5 replies - 2641 views - 02/10/09 by nerdguru in Articles
I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so...
3 replies - 6422 views - 12/16/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
Just today I came across a post referring to the agile manifesto. We have it framed on the wall just beside the door to our office. It usually doesn't get...
5 replies - 2936 views - 12/12/08 by Tom Meier in Articles
How much code coverage is enough? Do you consider having 100% code coverage an uphill task? Based on whom you talk to, the reply you get varies considerably. I...
20 replies - 5739 views - 10/20/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
I remember it well.
0 replies - 8790 views - 10/14/08 by nerdguru in Articles
One of the primary goals of every developer should be to prevent or drastically limit the number of bugs or defects from being introduced in their source code....
4 replies - 7537 views - 09/01/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
Like any profession, software development has it's share of
oft-forgotten activities that are usually ignored but have a habit
of biting back at just the...
0 replies - 2043 views - 08/22/08 by martinfowler in News
Projects are a necessary evil :-) But necessary they are.Some
people really feel the need to understand precisely what the project
will cost and exactly long...
0 replies - 712 views - 08/22/08 by Kelly Waters in News
If there's one thing that all software development experts agree on, it's that the other experts are not always right. There are so many points of view in our...
0 replies - 1385 views - 08/21/08 by jurgenappelo in News
A new white paper by International Data Corporation (IDC), found
existing software quality approaches at most companies are inadequate
to address the internal...
7 replies - 2223 views - 08/21/08 by Martin steve in News
This question is one I've run into a few times recently. It's not
a question I can answer quickly as the question is based on a false
premise about the...
0 replies - 1756 views - 08/19/08 by martinfowler in News
Another DZone newsletter crosses my Inbox, and again I feel
compelled to comment. Not so much in the uber-aggressive style of my
previous attempt, since I find...
6 replies - 3383 views - 08/14/08 by Ted Neward in Articles
