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It doesn't matter whether it works
Imagine this. You develop some software that works solves the business problem development time is short future maintenance is easy changes can be done quickly and safely Still you are being told "It doesn't matter whether it works" followed by "It ... 		May 19, 2008
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Team room
A while back when I expressed by concerns about a particular team room I got some negative reactions including from one of the persons who working that particular room. My assertion was that I wouldn't be able to concentrate in such a crammed room. No... 		May 3, 2008
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Does Sustainable Pace mean a 40 hour week?
It is travel day and I have some extra time to catch up on my RSS feeds. On InfoQ I came across this: InfoQ Personalized Feed for Stephan Schwab in Does Sustainable Pace mean a 40 hour week?: Sustainable Pace is a well known XP practice however, diffe... 		May 3, 2008
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Some businesses should stay away from Agile
I'm pretty sure you know that very well ... I've spent today wandering around thinking about the topic of corporate IT and Agile. One of my thoughts were related to education and the type of person one wants to have on a team. I even started to write a... 		Apr 20, 2008
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Psychological evaluation for Agile?
Based on a number of recent experiences I've come to think that there might be a relationship between work ethics, personal motivation and whether one will succeed with Agile projects. This post will definetely not give the answer. It is merely a thoug... 		Apr 19, 2008
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The connection between accounting and sub-standard tools for developers
First of all I have to say that I'm really surprised by the feedback I'm getting. The post What's wrong with software development in large corporations has been the most read post on my blog ever. More than 3,000 people read it on the first day alone. ... 		Apr 5, 2008
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What's wrong with software development in large corporations
How much time does it take to become a knowledgeable professional? 2 years, 4 years, 10 years or half a lifetime? How much time does it take to become a good artist such as painter, musician or composer? What about the saying that good artists are born... 		Apr 2, 2008
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Superstition in project management
Doing some research about Yesterday's Weather I came across this blog post that made my day. It's from 2005 and quite intriguing: Jim Highsmith in Yesterday's Weather: Why do we seek planning forecasts in the wake of continued failures and uncertainty... 		Mar 22, 2008
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Selenium Users Meetup at Google
This is Matt Raible's report from the first Selenium Users meeting at Google in Mountain View. I post the link here, as it contains many useful information about the current use and future of Selenium. Matt Raible in Last Night's Selenium Users Meetup... 		Feb 27, 2008
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Quality control in software development
When it comes to software testing a number of terms are used. You hear the simple term testing, then some talk about QA and others call for QE. In common language test refers to the act of trying something out, checking on knowledge or behavior and o... 		Feb 23, 2008
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7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development
An interesting and well written article to be forward to the C* in many organizations big and small: Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development 		Feb 11, 2008
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Thoughts on the ideal project team
Update: When I posted Thoughts on the ideal project team a few days ago I received a comment to which I'd like to respond in more detail here. I really appreciate that kind of comment. Who ever is xcosyns: Thank you! Commenter xcosyns in Thoughts on ... 		Feb 5, 2008
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Another perspective on Command and Control
An interesting find: Mary Poppendieck in Another perspective on Command and Control: Take a look at this: http://www.carlisle.... 		Feb 3, 2008
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Agile Certification Now
Spread the word ... James Shore in Agile Certification Now: I just ran across Agile Certification Now, which is easily the best agile certification site I've seen. Worth visiting. 		Dec 31, 2007
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On pair programming
Earlier today I cited from another blog and remarked that craming the team in a small space to me seems to be too distracting. Here is another comment on the same topic: Vladimir Levin in Pair Programming Redux: My conclusion is that pair programming ... 		Nov 24, 2007
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Cram the team into a small space or let them think
Have a look at the these two pictures of a team room. They appear on Ken H. Judy's blog in a post called Our Team Room: Do you think you could work in such a small and crowded place? I'm sure I would not be able to concentrate. I know this is what ... 		Nov 24, 2007
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Why do so many technology projects fail?
This morning I came across a post on a British blog about software architecture. They cite an article from the Finacial Times, which talks about a failed project between a British broadcasting station and EDS. The following is a citation from the blog ... 		Nov 24, 2007
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An Agile Development Organization in Miami, Florida
On Tuesday, 20th of November 2007, the Miami Java Users Group gave me the opportunity to speak about Agile and our project management tool Savila. Unlike the day before in Tampa I was the third speaker in a row and we had to timebox our presentations a... 		Nov 22, 2007
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An Agile Development Organization in Tampa, Florida
On Monday, 19th of November 2007, I had the opportunity to speak to about 35 members of the Tampa Java Users Group. As promised to the members of the Tampa JUG, I'm offering here the presentation as PDF for download. Many thanks to all of you for the ... 		Nov 22, 2007
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Announcement: I'm going to speak about Agile and Savila
This is a first for me. Starting next week I'm going to speak about how to set up an agile development organization and will demo our agile project management tool Savila. The first presentation will be in Tampa, Florida, on November 19th. Here is the... 		Nov 17, 2007

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