Branches beware
The use of branches for software development has become too commonplace. And no wonder, services like github have the best […]
Software Development
Great by Choice
I just finished the book Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. It is an excellent book and I
Agile Leadership
Recently I attended the Cutter Consortium’s annual Summit in Boston as a panelist for Jim Highsmith’s talk on Agile Leadership.
Planning and Commitments (Or a Lack Thereof)
One of the more uncomfortable negotiations between a product team and business people typically happens at the start of a
Don’t Fly Blind
Very few professionals would consider running a business without having reliable revenue and cost data. Yet there are many software
The Off-site Customer
Most of the original agile methods have an explicit or implicit assumption that there is an on-site customer; a customer
Outsourcing: Cost-cutting and Efficiency
A topic that is widely discussed today in the high-tech industry is outsourcing. The recession has pushed the industry past
Specifications: be careful!
One of the things that teams who try agile struggle with is what to do about specifications, from UI designs
Software Development
It’s Code-AND-Fix!
The error in the first print run of my book that I most wish I’d caught in proofreading is at