I attended a Domain Driven Design
course on Monday at Skills Matter offices. Eric Evans led the course
and put forward a very interesting theory that the...
0 replies - 20449 views - 10/09/08 by gojkoa in News
Some people tell me that "you cannot motivate a person". You can only "remove the impediments that prevent a person from being motivated"....
2 replies - 583 views - 10/08/08 by jurgenappelo in News
Many companies want the benefits of agile but are not ready to make the
organizational changes necessary to take full advantage of the
methodology. Companies...
0 replies - 629 views - 10/02/08 by mcottmeyer in Articles
I've been doing some thinking lately about how we build and test
applications. I'm no agile
expert but I am impressed with the concepts of test-first and...
0 replies - 3153 views - 10/02/08 by Frank Cohen in Articles
Again and again I am asked (or feel compelled) to explain why agile software development fits nicely with fixed price contracts. Some people still think that a...
0 replies - 658 views - 09/24/08 by jurgenappelo in Articles
A
few days ago, one of my Twitter buddies asked me to explain how the UI
designers fit in on an agile team. I have some experience working with
dedicated...
2 replies - 1345 views - 09/16/08 by mcottmeyer in Articles
Years ago I had an employee, let's
call him Vanya (not
the real name). He was struggling a bit so I was watching his work
closely. Every week we discussed...
1 replies - 4387 views - 09/09/08 by steve.rowe in News
Okay... so my writing is slowing down again.
0 replies - 4677 views - 09/07/08 by mcottmeyer in News
A little while ago I wrote about agile project management
and how agile
0 replies - 3509 views - 09/02/08 by Kelly Waters in News
The Agile method was the best thing that
happened to me in my career as a developer. Before I came across Agile,
one of my biggest frustrations was the...
3 replies - 3142 views - 08/27/08 by sarajo in News
While working in London for TrafficBroker I had the opportunity to try out Fred George's Lean process. To date, it's absolutely my favorite way to deliver...
0 replies - 5770 views - 08/26/08 by Jay Fields in News
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 - 2044 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
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
Alan
Cooper impresses me. He has become the spokesperson for the
software development community to me. Alan gave the closing keynote
talk at Agile 2008.
Alan...
1 replies - 456 views - 08/18/08 by Frank Cohen in Articles
