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API Product Management

Is Product Management different when your product is an API? How do the key people in the API value chain set the tone for product management of APIs?...

0 replies - 1454 views - 01/11/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Finding Lost Time in Software Development

"The only thing that is constant is change." This famous quote originated from a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus. For many this statement still rings...

0 replies - 3673 views - 01/10/13 by Zac Gery in Articles

The Problem of Top-Down Goals

There’s a problem I have with suggestions for goals and purpose in standard management literature. Most writers and consultants assume that it’s a top-down...

0 replies - 1031 views - 01/10/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

Classic Mistakes in Software Development and Maintenance

…the only difference between experienced and inexperienced developers is that the experienced ones realize when they’re making mistakes. Jeff Atwood,...

0 replies - 2336 views - 01/07/13 by Jim Bird in Articles

Fractured Work

Vivek Haldir’s recent post Quantum of Work points out something obvious in retrospect: programming is intrinsically fractured. It does little good to...

1 replies - 1040 views - 01/07/13 by John Cook in Articles

Pixar's Randy Nelson on Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age

While lying in bed recovering from an injury a few years ago, I was stumbling around through the myriad of video podcasts I subscribe to and decided to take a...

0 replies - 2482 views - 01/05/13 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles

On Shipping More in 2013

0 replies - 1740 views - 01/03/13 by Abby Fichtner in Articles

Releasing Buggy Software Intentionally

Are software companies knowingly releasing buggy, defect-ridden software intentionally? In the words of Sarah Palin, "You betcha!" I'm not saying that they...

0 replies - 3200 views - 01/02/13 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles

7 Ways to Make Good Teams Great

Important info from the leaders in collaboration - Atlassian, about how you can make your dev teams better. Video Producer:...

0 replies - 5619 views - 01/01/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The Costs of a Struggling Team

Last week, I posted a mind map that shows the benefits of the team effect.  But what about the costs of a team that is not doing well?  A team that...

0 replies - 1875 views - 12/28/12 by Esther Derby in Articles

Tell a Story with Your Project Plan

I needed to fail with modern methods for requirement gathering in order to understand old methods for requirements gathering. Many software projects write...

0 replies - 1114 views - 12/26/12 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles

Command & Control: Let’s Talk About Power

Command and control isn’t just a mindset and a style of management (though it is both those things). What we don’t often talk about is the power that rests...

0 replies - 1272 views - 12/24/12 by Esther Derby in Articles

Who Do You Promote Into Management?

I vividly remember my first promotion into management. I was looking for a promotion to be a senior engineer. I asked for a promotion. I got a promotion into...

0 replies - 1331 views - 12/24/12 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

Are Bugs Part of Technical Debt?

Everybody is talking about technical debt today: developers, testers, consultants, managers - even executives. But the more that people talk about...

0 replies - 2895 views - 12/18/12 by Jim Bird in Articles

The Virtues of Cowboy Development

Sometimes it’s easy to fall into myopic ways of seeing the world. Let’s talk about my favorite recent example, which is the so-called “cowboy...

6 replies - 5975 views - 12/17/12 by Willie Wheeler in Articles