Monthly Archives: February 2007
When is Scrum not Scrum?
Feb
27
2007
Tobias Mayer asks When is Scrum not Scrum? In his post, he questions if all of the principles outlined in the Scrum books are still appropriate today. Further, Tobias wonders if how he builds software is “Scrum” or not. Here are some of my thoughts. Continue reading
MNteractive Podcast Profile: Refactr
Feb
26
2007
Refactr is proud to be the first company to be profiled by Garrick Van Buren as part of the MNteractive Podcast Profile series. In it, Jesse, Scott, and I discuss our experiences with agile software development, Groovy and Grails, and … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Software Development
Tagged grails, groovy, Refactr, software development model
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Giving users what they need, not what they want.
Feb
19
2007
The Creating Passionate Users blog is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. It is posts like this one called How much control should users have? that keep me coming back. These graphs from the post succinctly illustrate a point … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Design
Tagged agile design, convention over configuration, simplification, user interface, Web 2.0
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Java is not slow!
Feb
14
2007
I can’t add much to this JDJ article on the speed of Java other than… Amen. Many people have this misconception that Java is slow, but that simply is not true in one of Java’s best environments: web applications. The … Continue reading
Agile Roles
Feb
12
2007
Many people struggle to understand where their role fits on an agile team. A lot has been written about this topic, but I’ll attempt to clarify how I believe traditional roles (i.e. Architect, Developer, Project Manager) can transition effectively to … Continue reading
Software is hard. It’s a pain in the process.
Feb
5
2007
Salon’s Scott Rosenberg is interviewed by Salon’s Andrew Leonard for his piece called Software is hard. By this time, most people who have participated in software development projects any time within the last ten years, know that developing software can … Continue reading
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