All Blog Posts From The Category: Software Quality
Posts within the "Software Quality" category
The Speed of Diligence
February 13, 2012 | Be the first to comment! One of the oldest conversations on record is the discussion of how to measure effective software development. One of the most used, most abused and least understood metric is “velocity.” Think Corvettes versus Volkswagens. Just to keep terms straight, velocity is the sum of the estimates of delivered/accepted features per iteration. …Read More
Mobilizing Security Failure
January 31, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said that "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." But decades after Lombardi's Green Bay Packers dominated the NFL, a new slogan joined the sports lexicon - "moral victory." A moral victory, as best I can tell, is the "power of positive thinking" approach to …Read More
Crash Course on CRASH Report, part 2: New Insights
January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment I confess – I’m an “Urban Myths” junkie. That doesn’t mean I believe in every Urban Myth that comes across my email inbox; much to the contrary, in fact, I’m a born skeptic. I snicker at the widespread beliefs and openly wonder how someone could believe that Bill Gates would …Read More
Will You Source Them Here or There
December 27, 2011 | 4 Comments My wife often jokes that we had a child for the sole purpose of giving me a good reason to read Dr. Seuss' books on a regular basis. When she does this I object- vehemently; she is absolutely wrong! I would most definitely read Dr. Seuss whether or not I …Read More
What the New York Giants Can Teach Us about Software Quality
December 7, 2011 | Be the first to comment! As we all know, Sundays are for football, and this past Sunday brought some choice matchups. Although I am a devout fan of the New England Patriots, one of my favorite games paired the undefeated Green Bay Packers, led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and Eli Manning's New York Giants. Tied …Read More
Gold Stars are Only for Winners
November 15, 2011 | Be the first to comment! With the ever-growing abundance of viruses, malware and other threats to our networks, laptops, mobile and other devices, I was interested to read Peter Saddington's blog post for @agilescout that brings a software development angle to Todd Dewett’s post, “Soccer Has Ruined America.” Although just a casual fan of the game …Read More
Manage Quality or Quality will Manage You
November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment What's the largest organ in the human body? You might be surprised to find out that the answer is the skin, which most people don’t think of as an organ. Not only is it the biggest it’s pretty important because it holds everything together. Here’s another one. How big is the …Read More