(The title of this post comes from one of the Twelve Tasks of Asterix) Imagine I am working on a research paper. In order to work on this paper, I need to use 7 different document sources: 1 laptop 1 iPad 3 paper documents 1 whiteboard post-its Now, imagine that each of these items is … Continue reading
In the past few years, I haven’t stopped thinking about what makes Agile work. The Agile Manifesto was written by masters in the field, and those ideas have stood the test of time. However, while the manifesto is quite rich in ideas, it’s still too vague for many. And others just do not know how … Continue reading
I enjoy contributing to the knowledgeosphere on the web. I stumbled upon an article I had read a few months ago, by Mike Bria about Joshua Kerievsky’s concept of “Sufficient Design”. I took some time to comment on it. Since you’re here, I promise you won’t regret following this link: http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/05/sufficient-design
I found myself asking for written specifications from our major customer the other day, and it made me shiver… What on Earth was wrong with me? Wasn’t I able to cope with fuzzy requirements anymore? The answer is YES.. BUT… The goal of the “Embrace Change” motto (this is the subtitle of “eXtreme Programming Explained … Continue reading
Excellent read, this article on “the get-small movement”. Here’s an excerpt: “How much energy and creativity might be unlocked if all the members of an organization felt in control?” he writes. Evidently, quite a bit. At Avocent, an information technology management company based in Huntsville, Ala., customers, product developers and testers had gotten to the … Continue reading
An introduction to the Agile Scrum “methodology” is presented in this talk by Kent Schwaber (Google Techtalks, Sept. 2006). He speaks for close to one hour from memory, resulting in a somewhat sketchy but nevertheless thought-provoking talk. This is also a strong testimony in favor of refactoring legacy code… If you are interested in understanding … Continue reading