There's been a lot said about certification lately. I think it's a
natural outgrowth of Agile's growing popularity. Unfortunately, I think
it's also an...
0 replies - 1521 views - 01/11/10 by James Shore in Articles
Mark Lines is a Co-founder of Unified Process Mentors who also works on IBM's worldwide advisory board for methods. He's familiar with almost every flavor of...
0 replies - 2199 views - 01/08/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Here we go again—another year, another set of predictions revisited
and offered up for the next 12 months. And maybe, if I'm feeling really
ambitious, I'll...
5 replies - 10519 views - 01/05/10 by Ted Neward in News
When I'm giving talks or teaching a class, I often talk about how I
think about nearly everything in my life as a project. So much so that
my wife sometimes...
0 replies - 1320 views - 01/04/10 by Mike Cottmeyer in News
No . . . . not THOSE three steps!Anyway, now that we're
approaching the end of the calendar year, invariably many folks are
filling out self-evaluations and...
1 replies - 6164 views - 12/30/09 by Frank Kelly in News
I'll be 40 in
two months, which made me think about the ungrateful high-tech market
that employs more than 15M software developers worldwide. At this...
12 replies - 16502 views - 12/21/09 by Shlomi Ben-haim in Articles
Phil Haack wrote a thoughtful, insightful and absolutely correct response to my earlier blog post. But he's still missing the point.
The short version:...
0 replies - 1438 views - 12/16/09 by Ted Neward in News
The above quote was tossed off by Billy Hollis at the patterns&practices Summit this week in Redmond. I passed the quote out to the Twitter masses, along...
0 replies - 2115 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 - 3353 views - 03/27/09 by Christopher 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...
5 replies - 14762 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...
6 replies - 10036 views - 02/10/09 by Pete Johnson 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 - 12685 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 - 6332 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 - 18281 views - 10/20/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
I remember it well.In 2005, after twelve years as a developer and project lead inside HP IT, I agreed to a promotion that gave me the swanky sounding title of...
0 replies - 18696 views - 10/14/08 by Pete Johnson in Articles
