Quality Speed Trade-off, or Skill Deficit?
I've had the privilege of observing He Jinbao, a martial arts master. He doesn't hurry. Maybe we shouldn't either.
View ArticleBack to Waterfall Isn’t QUITE the Right Answer
An odd anonymous article on "LearnTFS" purports to debunk Agile by moving closer to waterfall. Interesting, but not quite right.
View ArticleWhich End of the Horse?
"Why don't you believe in testing?" said Lanette Creamer, the Testy Redhead. Ah, but I do. I care about what, when, and at which end of the horse.
View ArticleThoughts on “Big Change Up Front”
Alan Shalloway blogged on "Big Change Up Front", suggesting that it's not always the best thing to do. This made me think ...
View ArticleKate Oneal: Handling Defects
A few minutes before 9, the team was in the coffee room. “What time’s the meeting?” said Gil. “Is she here?” “Nine sharp,” said Susan. “I just went by her office. She’s not there.” “Carl and I have...
View ArticleKate Oneal and the Mythical Italian Restaurant
Kate met Dan Devlin at the coffee shop on Main Street where he had originally recruited her. They shared the lovely weather and caught up to date on their lives. But Dan had a question.
View ArticleManual Testing Does Exist and It Is Bad
Are "manual" versus "automated" useful terms? As a matter of fact, yes, they are ...
View ArticleValue is What You Like
Robert Pirsig's protagonist "Phaedrus" said "Quality is what you like". We talk a lot about "value". My aim here is to suggest to you that value is what you like.
View ArticleThe NoEstimates Movement
There’s a lot of interesting talk and thinking, going on under the heading of #NoEstimates. I think it's great, and I'm all for it. To do #NoEstimates, people will need some help ...
View ArticleArgument from the “Real World”
The sky is blue on my planet. I live in the same real world you do, and have probably done so longer.
View ArticleSAFe – Good But Not Good Enough
I recently took the SAFe SPC training. My bottom line assessment is that it will be a marketing success, organizations trying it will see improvement, and some will see great improvement. And I don't...
View ArticleBuild it right to build the right thing
You can’t build the right product if you can’t build the product right. I tweeted that this morning, in response to a Twitter-vibe that was flitting around. I’d like to follow it up here with a bit...
View ArticleCommon Scrum Definition At Last!
I was asked to comment on this exciting press release: SCRUM ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL COLLABORATIVE ADOPTION OF SCRUM GUIDE Here goes: Strategically, the Scrum Alliance has been working toward...
View ArticleEmergent Design
Martin Alaimo asked about the Manifesto Principle "The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams."
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