Not so very long ago, I made my living writing code. My colleagues
and I did our best to understand what our customers needed, and to write
code that was...
1 replies - 2270 views - 03/29/11 by Esther Derby in News
Most of my friends and colleagues are very negative about
certification schemes in software development, a disdain that I
share. This doesn't mean that I...
1 replies - 4185 views - 03/28/11 by Martin Fowler in News
When I was a young man working a brief stint in sales support,
the chief salesman told me in the gravest tone possible never to use the
word...
0 replies - 1139 views - 03/28/11 by Dele Sikuade in News
7 Questions for Lyssa Adkins
Lyssa Adkins is the author of Coaching Agile Teams, a wonderful book for Agile coaches, which is selling very well...
0 replies - 794 views - 03/27/11 by Jurgen Appelo in News
The source code for this episode is available here. Visit the Let's Play archive for more episodes!
1 replies - 644 views - 03/26/11 by James Shore in News
Mountain Goat Software and Mike Cohn, author and Agile Scrum
expert, have announced the release of four free tools used in agile and
scrum projects for...
1 replies - 3728 views - 03/25/11 by Mike Cohn in News
There has been a ton of conversation about social graphs, location
and photo sharing lately. Most of this conversation has arisen due to
the release of the...
1 replies - 817 views - 03/25/11 by Robert Diana in News
In Part I we looked at how I first got into Agile and Scrum. Last
week in Part II, we explored how Scrum failed to be flexible enough to
fit into my unique...
1 replies - 3276 views - 03/25/11 by Stephen Forte in News
Can you spot the difference between the following two code snippets?Exhibit #1:public class MyClass{ public int MyFunc(int x, int y) { return x +...
0 replies - 1674 views - 03/24/11 by Dror Helper in News
I finally had time to read The Reengineering Alternative: A plan for making your current culture work by William Schneider. If you are at all concerned about...
1 replies - 2098 views - 03/24/11 by Michael Sahota in News
The source code for this episode is available here. Visit the Let's Play archive for more episodes.
0 replies - 645 views - 03/23/11 by James Shore in News
Before I get to the book review, I wanted to mention a basic note
about book reviews. In the past I have reviewed books in a less than
traditional manner,...
0 replies - 5240 views - 03/22/11 by Robert Diana in News
Humans receive 95% of information through visual perception. We spend
countless hours staring into laptops reading, analyzing, interpreting
and feeling...
1 replies - 2599 views - 03/22/11 by Michael Dubakov in News
You cannot “optimize the whole”. The best you can do is sub-optimize, cooperate, and iterate.
Allow me to share with you the trouble of speaking at...
2 replies - 657 views - 03/21/11 by Jurgen Appelo in News
The Delegation Poker game was first played at the Scrum Gathering in Amsterdam.
Since then I had people play it in a number of workshops, and I...
1 replies - 3612 views - 03/18/11 by Jurgen Appelo in News
