When software projects fail, we grow the divide between business and development. Let’s analyze a bit, shall we? Why is the divide growing? The divide is basically a metaphor for trust. Mostly, the two sides don’t trust, or sometimes understand, each other. Their goals don’t coincide, and are not communicated correctly. Add to that some
My natural habitat is an agile software development company. I usually meet with people who are already agile, or aspiring to become agile. And then there are other times, where the “real world” hits me on the head, saying I should leave my little pond for a while, and see what’s really out there. For
It’s update time again. Here’s the plan for the next few months: March 19-20: Software passion summit, in Goteborg, Sweden. I’ll be talking about the ultimate question in software: “When will it be done?”. I hope to provide some answers as well. This is a new conference, and by the looks of it, is going
One of the questions I got in my Agile Practitioners talk startled me. Actually, it wasn’t the question that startled me, it was how I answered. I was talking about why you cannot say “our organization is going agile” while saying: “we’ll get our developers into that agile business in a year”. I know it
I had a wonderful time at the Agile Practitioners conference yesterday. Lots of great minds, great discussions and great presentations. Including mine. So if you weren’t there, here’s the prezi. 10 Phrases that Can Derail an Agile Project
Thanks to Dilbert, developers, engineers and the rest of us managed people, have come to disrespect the “manager”. Ok, it’s not just the comic, some of it was perpetuated by actual managers. Still, there are cases where the managers do the right thing, and the developer messes up. Whenever this occurs, regardless if from the
Quick reminder: You did register for Agile Practitioners 2012, right? To hear all the great speakers and myself? You didn’t? Register now!
I’ve recently posted on the Typemock blog on test organization, and gave an example of how organizing Outlook folders is not as effective as dumping everything in one bin and using “Search”. Here’s a quote (from myself, by myself): The search box finds things much quicker. There’s also a penalty in the filing system. For
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to talk with Lisa Crispin. Lisa is a prominent figure in the testing world, and co-authored “Agile Testing”. This was a great opportunity for me to talk to someone from the tester side, as usually I talk with developers. And I felt this was more of a
I’ve got very interesting feedback for my last post about the decline of agile. I strongly believe that producing quality software, regardless of how it is produced is the most important thing we can do, regardless if we’re developers, managers or anything in between. But is it enough to save agile? Maybe it’s the wrong