I was doing some thinking about areas where I’m lacking as a developer. There are many, but I’ll list a few here.Testing ImprovementsI think I’ve come a...
3 replies - 5254 views - 11/22/08 by Derek Young in Articles
Agile development practices are continuing to gain increasing attention within organizations looking to improve software quality; however, there are still...
0 replies - 1088 views - 11/10/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles
In the past few weeks I’ve been asked about and have been
considering exactly how to fit QA and testing into a two week
iteration. A primary concern of the...
0 replies - 1340 views - 11/05/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles
When we think about a project plan, what do we typically think about?
Most people I talk with think a project plan is the schedule…. they
think about the...
0 replies - 1632 views - 11/03/08 by mcottmeyer in Articles
In agile software development, we create user stories as a way to
communicate the requirements of our users in an easy to understand
format. Usually, they take...
0 replies - 1067 views - 11/03/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in News
A lot of organizations I’ve worked with have said that they think adopting agile practices
requires a tremendous amount of discipline for teams to be...
1 replies - 957 views - 10/23/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles
I’ve been a professional software development consultant for 3 years
now and I’ve seen agile methodologies become very popular in the company I work for.
A...
0 replies - 502 views - 10/16/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News
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
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
Every now and then I read challenges to Frederick Brooks' wisdom. Mr. Brooks is the author of the "Mythical Man Month"
and other must-read writing...
0 replies - 473 views - 09/17/08 by Pratik Patel in Articles
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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
An earlier post mentioned my "go-in" position is assuming that any successful company has to be doing something in many of the process areas, else...
0 replies - 1147 views - 09/16/08 by agilecmmi 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
