Posts tagged with the "Agile" tag
Taking Fire over Technical Debt
January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments My father was proud of his military service. He believed that young men and women could learn a lot not only from having served in the armed forces, but from having actually experienced the stress that comes with "taking fire." He was not one of those war mongering types who believed …Read More
Hey Agile: Good Enough Ain’t Good Enough
January 17, 2012 | Be the first to comment! As a writer, I frequently go back and review pieces I’ve written over time. When I do, I’d like to think that I’ll be happy and satisfied with each and every article, announcement, blog or brochure. The truth is, however, that I seldom find that I’m patting myself on the back …Read More
Crash Course on CRASH Report, part 2: New Insights
January 10, 2012 | Be the first to 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
CRASH Report Exposes Millions in Technical Debt
December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment This year has been marked by high-profile outages and security breaches at global organizations like Sony, Sega, RIM, Citi, RSA, Honda, the International Monetary Fund the International Olympic Committee and multiple airlines, not to mention the U.S. Department of Defense. What each of these have in common is they each …Read More
Structural Quality Must Be Part of Agile Vocabulary
September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment I cannot believe how much our education system has changed. When I went to kindergarten, most of curriculum revolved around getting along with others (a lesson some will argue never took with me) and some basic verbal skills. I learned at my daughter's kindergarten orientation that blocks and finger painting …Read More
Scrum & Technical Debt: Love the One You’re With
September 12, 2011 | 1 Comment Bravo to Joe Little, who writes the Agile & Business blog. Little recently penned a piece about the intersection of Scrum and technical debt titled “Scrum Hates Technical Debt.” I’m sure it does, but I think what he really means is that true Scrum hates technical debt. Little very accurately points out …Read More
More on Agile at 10…and a Half
August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment Agile development celebrates a half-birthday this month, so I figured it was time to reflect upon my comments a few months ago when I took it to task for not taking software quality more seriously. My reasoning then was that 10 is an age where we begin to expect more out …Read More