Tools & Methods

Why We Delegate: The Darkness Principle

From a complexity perspective, there is a good reason why teams in an organization must be able to make decisions together. This follows logically from the...

1 replies - 1374 views - 10/30/09 by jurgenappelo in Articles

Top Open Source ESB Projects

In today's software markets, open source technologies are giving commercial products some stiff competition.  Enterprise Service Busses are no exception. ...

10 replies - 6216 views - 10/29/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Øredev Developers Conference Coming to Sweden, Nov 2-6

Considered by many to be the best developers conference in Europe, Øredev is running for its fifth consecutive year. This years' theme "Efficiency"...

0 replies - 1369 views - 10/16/09 by Nitin Bharti in Announcements

Building Better Burn-Down Charts

As a developer you have just finished your latest bit of code and have released it to the test team. It took a little longer than you thought it would but...

0 replies - 4185 views - 09/22/09 by rperfect in Articles

The Changing Definition of Continuous Integration

As we wrap up every CITCON, we’re asked about what we take away. For me, a revelation was that the definition of Continuous Integration has changed wildly....

3 replies - 2854 views - 04/28/09 by EricMinick in Articles

Maven - A Whistle Stop Video Tour

 In this presentation, recorded at a recent London Java Community meeting, put on by Skills Matter, Martijn Verburg and Michael McCarthy guide the users...

3 replies - 2894 views - 02/10/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Domain-Driven Design and Deployment Challenges

 In this session, recorded by Skills Matter Gojko Adzic talks about strategies, challenges and common pitfalls of using Domain-Driven Design for...

0 replies - 3697 views - 02/04/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Some Thoughts on Project Velocity

Companies I work with desperately want reliable estimates. In reality, they need them so they can run their business. Businesses really want a crystal ball to...

1 replies - 613 views - 01/30/09 by mcottmeyer in Articles

Implementing Application Factories in Java

Today, every developer has access to a proliferation of powerful open-source frameworks to build rich applications. These frameworks each offer incredible...

3 replies - 9292 views - 01/27/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

“No-Brainer” Self-Management Practices in Agile

While there may be some confusion over the meaning of self-management in Agile, not to mention some contention as to whether or not it is a good idea, many of...

0 replies - 422 views - 01/20/09 by damonpoole in Articles

Creating Objects in Java Unit Tests

Most Java unit tests consist of a Class Under Test (CUT), and possibly dependencies or collaborators. The CUT, dependencies and collaborators need to be...

0 replies - 5191 views - 01/13/09 by Jay Fields in Articles

Agile 2009 Call for Speakers Now Open

The Agile Alliance this week announced that it is opening its call for speakers for the Agile 2009 Conference, scheduled for Aug. 24 – 28 in Chicago. In its...

0 replies - 1038 views - 01/07/09 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

2009 Predictions, 2008 Predictions Revisited

It's once again that time of year, and in keeping with my tradition, I'll revisit the 2008 predictions to see how close I came before I start waxing prophetic...

7 replies - 9153 views - 01/02/09 by Ted Neward in Articles

Test-Driven Development in .NET

In this presentation, recorded by Skills Matter, Chris Roff, David Ross, and Gojko Adzic present tools and techniques for Test-Driven Development in .NET. They...

0 replies - 1162 views - 12/30/08 by alashcraft in Videos

How to Motivate Developers - A three step framework

 Anyway, now that we're approaching the end of the calendar year, invariably many folks are filling out self-evaluations and managers are presiding over...

0 replies - 1022 views - 12/19/08 by Frank Kelly in Articles